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Offline Tupac

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767 gear up in poland
« on: November 01, 2011, 01:53:10 PM »
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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 01:55:41 PM »
WOW i'm surprised they didn't foam the runway down before hand. Kudos to the pilot.

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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 02:19:06 PM »
Quote from: ebfd11 on November 01, 2011, 01:55:41 PM
WOW i'm surprised they didn't foam the runway down before hand. Kudos to the pilot.

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Live television footage showed the Boeing craft landing on its belly, with a few sparks flying as it hit the runway covered with flame retardant foam. There was no blaze but firefighters hosed the plane with water and foam as a precautionary measure.




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Offline Vulcan

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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2011, 02:22:55 PM »
pfffffffffft lost count the number of times I've done that in AH   :bolt:
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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2011, 02:25:35 PM »
Nice landing
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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2011, 05:04:54 PM »
saw it on the bbc earlier, and Ive had much bumpier landings on charter flights - top work by the pilot I reckon :aok
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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2011, 05:10:59 PM »
I remember reading an article in Pilot Magazine that was critical of using foam on a runway.

Boeing manages to be noncommital and says a big NO at some applications.

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/faqs/runwayfoamrequirements.pdf
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Offline killerdude8

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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2011, 05:29:15 PM »
I'd tip my hat to the pilots who managed this, but i have neither hat or a way to contact these fine people.  :salute  :aok
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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2011, 09:44:29 PM »
Only an experienced HTC gamer could have landed a real plane that well.  :rofl
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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2011, 10:44:26 PM »
The best part of the video is watching the crash/rescue crews playing with the foam sprays :)  They're just waving them around in some cases, trying not to knock the passengers off of the exit slides and stairs.  Right at the end, one just shoots almost straight up, just splattering foam on everyone in the vicinity but not doing anything else really.  They firefighters probably get to shoot the foam maybe 1-2 times a year, so they sure didn't waste this chance  :banana:

They probably will charge the airline for the cost of all the foam too, so why not use it.
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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2011, 01:31:33 AM »
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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2011, 10:56:13 AM »
And what did the pilot see when he scraped to a stop ?


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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2011, 11:16:00 AM »
Quote from: Vulcan on November 01, 2011, 02:22:55 PM
pfffffffffft lost count the number of times I've done that in AH   :bolt:


Man oh man....I dont think any of the old sticks even use landing gear unless they are recording a video.



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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2011, 02:06:06 PM »
Quote from: xbrit on November 02, 2011, 10:56:13 AM
And what did the pilot see when he scraped to a stop ?


HOST:  You have landed successfully


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Re: 767 gear up in poland
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2011, 02:27:41 PM »
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