One Thing Leads to Another

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 08/07/2013 at 20:42 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Doesn't end well...

Blondude > f86sabre 08/07/2013 at 20:43

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It was his fault! I blame him!

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > f86sabre 08/07/2013 at 20:54

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http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.…

Victorious Secret > f86sabre 08/07/2013 at 20:55

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Hold my beer, I've got this.

I do this all the time in Battlefield.

AbigGRNboot > f86sabre 08/07/2013 at 21:01

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"Shit, now look what we have to clean up!"

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > f86sabre 08/07/2013 at 21:04

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f86sabre > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 08/07/2013 at 21:05

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Pity they buried it.

PowderHound > f86sabre 08/07/2013 at 21:07

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One of my favorite planes!

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > f86sabre 08/07/2013 at 22:17

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I thought the burial was part of the agreement with the US when they were purchased.

Either because of the toxic chemicals used when servicing or something about the US being worried that they were still relatively effective.. they'd outrun an F22 Raptor in a straight line.

Bakkster, touring car driver > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 08/07/2013 at 22:26

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It has to know the F22 exists to be able to outrun it...

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/07/2013 at 22:39

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whelp, good thing for the F-111 that Australia has over the horizon radar that can see stealth planes ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jindalee_…

Chteelers > f86sabre 08/08/2013 at 08:27

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That's a lot of elevator-up in the first photo. Doubt he was trying keep level. Was he coming out of a too-low loop, or testing gear-up landing?

Bakkster, touring car driver > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 08/08/2013 at 08:51

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Note to self, attack Australia from the South :)

f86sabre > Chteelers 08/08/2013 at 10:39

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They lost a nose gear wheel and choose to land gear up. There is a video here in the comments that talks about it.

Chteelers > f86sabre 08/08/2013 at 13:12

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Just saw the video. Looks like a perfectly executed wheel's up landing. Interesting that they had an arrestor cable available. I bet that was difficult since carrier landings are a much steeper glideslope (essentially crashing into the ground) at exactly the location of the cables. Here, they had to ease it in gently, and drop it precisely on the cable, which would have been hard due to ground effect lift.