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Offline Papabear

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109 landing
« on: June 04, 2008, 05:30:38 PM »
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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 04:25:28 AM »
Very professional pilot. He knew that the gear had failed to lock down and tried to bring the plane down as slow as possible to keep damages to minimum. AFAIK there was only small damage so the plane will fly again after small repairs.

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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 10:51:54 AM »
looked like that. a very fine job.
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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2008, 08:35:56 AM »
To bad he got a ditch and didn't land his kills.


Nice landing and great skills to bring that bird back safely.
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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2008, 02:28:39 PM »
That was very interesting. I wonder what was going through his mind as the wheels touched.
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Offline Motherland

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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2008, 02:35:07 PM »
The 109's landing gear we're notorious for not locking. I recall, I think it was Gunther Rall, or maybe it was Galland, saying that they'd do some sort of maneuver before landing to make sure the gear locked.
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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2008, 05:44:15 PM »
Quote from: Charge on June 05, 2008, 04:25:28 AM
AFAIK there was only small damage so the plane will fly again after small repairs.

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I nearly had a heart attack when I thought we lost another 109. Thank god the pilot made it, and THANK GOD the plane will fly again.
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Offline Angus

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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2008, 06:51:53 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on June 06, 2008, 02:35:07 PM
The 109's landing gear we're notorious for not locking. I recall, I think it was Gunther Rall, or maybe it was Galland, saying that they'd do some sort of maneuver before landing to make sure the gear locked.

Good point. I'll ask...Rall ;)
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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2008, 08:49:07 PM »
Did I read somewhere that fully 1/3rd of all 109s were lost in accidents?
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Offline Serenity

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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2008, 09:22:35 PM »
Quote from: AquaShrimp on June 06, 2008, 08:49:07 PM
Did I read somewhere that fully 1/3rd of all 109s were lost in accidents?

IIRC, that was determined to be a HIGHLY exagerated number. A lot of aircraft were damaged in accidents, due to things like this gear issue, and their terrible ground-handling, but it wasn't THAT bad of an issue.
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Offline Golfer

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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2008, 11:57:09 PM »
Quote from: AquaShrimp on June 06, 2008, 08:49:07 PM
Did I read somewhere that fully 1/3rd of all 109s were lost in accidents?

I don't know.  Did you?

I'd question that along with the majority of your other sources.
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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2008, 06:38:52 AM »
<S> to that pilot for keeping such a nice bird under control in tricky circumstances. That must have been hell for him. That just proves what an old BoB veteren said. He asked a german pilot after the war 'Do you know why Britain won the Battle of Britain?' and the german replied no. 'Because any idiot can fly a Spitfire or Hurricane, but it takes a lot of practice to fly a 109.'
Even with a lot of practice, accidents like that could still happen. <S>
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Re: 109 landing
« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2008, 04:01:13 PM »
Quote from: macleod01 on June 09, 2008, 06:38:52 AM
<S> to that pilot for keeping such a nice bird under control in tricky circumstances. That must have been hell for him. That just proves what an old BoB veteren said. He asked a german pilot after the war 'Do you know why Britain won the Battle of Britain?' and the german replied no. 'Because any idiot can fly a Spitfire or Hurricane, but it takes a lot of practice to fly a 109.'
Even with a lot of practice, accidents like that could still happen. <S>

I remember watching an interview, I believe with that same pilot, where he said everytime he walks away from flying a Bf-109, he looks back and says "You didn't get me this time!". She still didn't get him!
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