"Jcarr" (jcarr)
04/20/2015 at 09:36 • Filed to: Planelopnik
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
04/20/2015 at 09:36 • Filed to: Planelopnik | 1
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In 1989, during a training mission, the crew of a Dyess AFB B-1B discovered that their aircraft’s nose gear would not extend. After consulting with the Air Force and Rockwell (the manufacturer), the crew diverted to Edwards AFB in California to land on Rogers Dry Lake.
As mentioned in the video, the skill of the crew in bringing the plane in with no injuries and minimal damage earned them the 1989 Mackay Trophy.
ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
04/20/2015 at 09:46 |
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It’s probably an easier landing to make when you know you won’t run out of room. They would have had to put the nose down a lot faster had they returned to Dyess. It’s big, but not that big. That was only three years after the B-1 was introduced, too. They still painted ‘em green.
WhiskeyGolf
> Jcarr
04/20/2015 at 11:52 |
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Seeing it float without a nose wheel just feels so unusual. Landed like a boss, though!
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Jcarr
> WhiskeyGolf
04/20/2015 at 11:54 |
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I know. It must have been a very strange sensation to feel the nose drop past the point where the nose gear would normally touch down.
MrPseudonym
> Jcarr
04/20/2015 at 12:46 |
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OMG no that FOD into the engines whyyyyyy
BobintheMtns
> Jcarr
04/20/2015 at 12:49 |
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I’m curious as to why they didn’t just get a toyota truck......
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Jcarr
> MrPseudonym
04/20/2015 at 13:02 |
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Well, either that or....dead.
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MrPseudonym
> Jcarr
04/20/2015 at 13:05 |
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Well... yeah.
Though the government thinks that lives are worth less than the engines of that bomber.