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Offline Mickey1992

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Expensive touch and go
« on: April 21, 2015, 09:15:05 PM »
From Florida, some idiot coming in for a landing.  I can't believe he didn't stall.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b41_1429465294
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Offline Mar

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2015, 11:26:53 PM »
The pilot flew back from his home filed on one piece?

Didn't even know that was possible!
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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2015, 11:46:55 PM »
I know a lot of Spits and Hurries were damaged that way due to the transition from fixed gear fighters.  I wonder if the pilot here recently upgraded from something with fixed gear?

As far as the powering through it 'tactic' goes, I think he, or she, was bloody lucky the airplane still had any thrust after those prop strikes.  It was a foolhardy thing to do rather than bellying it in.
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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2015, 12:08:41 AM »
Quote from: Karnak on April 21, 2015, 11:46:55 PM
I know a lot of Spits and Hurries were damaged that way due to the transition from fixed gear fighters.  I wonder if the pilot here recently upgraded from something with fixed gear?

As far as the powering through it 'tactic' goes, I think he, or she, was bloody lucky the airplane still had any thrust after those prop strikes.  It was a foolhardy thing to do rather than bellying it in.

Yep, his approach that far went so smooth it's almost unbelievable to think he'd try anything like that :D
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Offline earl1937

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2015, 02:53:31 AM »
Quote from: Mickey1992 on April 21, 2015, 09:15:05 PM
From Florida, some idiot coming in for a landing.  I can't believe he didn't stall.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b41_1429465294
:airplane: Had it been anything but an "Aerostar" or Aero Commander, both of whom were designed by Ted Smith, he could not have gotten away with this!
I did see a Aero commander "Strike" do the same thing at Lakeland, Fla one year and he only damaged the bottom of the fuselage slightly. No prop damage at all, as you can belly in the Commander without the props every touching the ground!
There is another video feed when you tune to watch this, of a C-17 taking off from the cockpit view! Two things really strike me, the age of the pilots, and the radar return of storms moving into the area where they were at!
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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2015, 02:02:54 PM »
What is that beeping?   SCRAAAAAAAPE  Oh yeah...
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Offline earl1937

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2015, 02:45:57 PM »
Quote from: Auger on April 22, 2015, 02:02:54 PM
What is that beeping?   SCRAAAAAAAPE  Oh yeah...
:airplane: Anyone who flies retractable gear aircraft should use the check list prior to landing provided for that aircraft!
But, there is another "cross-check" which you can do on short final and it goes like this, "GUMP"

G= gas on proper fuel cells for takeoff and landing

U= under carriage (a British expression for landing gear)

M= fuel mixtures full forward

P= prop controls to full increase or full forward, in case of a go around at last minute.

If you can in the habit of thinking about that each time you land, you will never do what this guy did!
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Offline rabbidrabbit

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2015, 06:20:21 PM »
Well..  I'll give him props for pulling it off!
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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2015, 06:23:36 PM »
I wonder what kind of price he has to pay in fines for that stunt. :headscratch:
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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2015, 06:32:00 PM »
Ah..........the power of ground effect.

Saw a three bladed expensive mooney land gear up, strike the prop, and go around to land with gear down.

We measured the amount taken off of each tip and it was over an inch and all 3 were within 1mm of each other.

Lucky man.......happened at W10 (manassas) when I worked at dulles aviation in 1984
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Offline Butcher

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2015, 06:47:56 PM »
I live 2 miles from the Sun N' Fun Flyin, my backyard turns into an emergency airport now and then. I've seen enough whiplash in my time I should of been an ambulance chaser...

/Usually I get home built aircrafts mostly that land here; I am under the landing pattern so its not usual to see something crash land, especially since thousands fly in for the event, the only bad part is while my "strip" of land looks safe, its already been destroyed by previous attempts to land because it looks green and "Solid" but its really marsh land, landing gears don't hold up and the aircrafts flip over, luckily nobody has ever been killed.

//Got a treat by watching a T-2 making an extremely LOW flying pass over my area, unusual to see any aircraft that low.
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Offline Zimme83

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2015, 07:45:28 PM »
He was lucky if he pulled it of and were able to land after. Imo the right thing to do is to put the plane down and take the cost. If u strike the props and bend the blades and then take off again u can turn the situation from an expensive misshap to a life threatning situation. not worth risking the life for it.
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Offline SilverZ06

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2015, 08:08:12 PM »
Quote from: rabbidrabbit on April 22, 2015, 06:20:21 PM
Well..  I'll give him props for pulling it off!

I see what you did there!  :aok
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Offline BaDkaRmA158Th

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2015, 11:08:10 PM »
Dude...you dont land without your gear down unless you are a vet in aces high, and even then we stay on the ground,we don't power up and try to take off again. -sighs- when will they ever learn?

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Offline Vulcan

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Re: Expensive touch and go
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2015, 03:08:41 AM »
Probably didn't want to lose his perks on a ditch.
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