A-10 Warthog Pulls Off Emergency Belly Flop

"RacinBob" (racinbob) 04/09/2020 at 07:39 • Filed to: None

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That will buff out......

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pip bip - choose Corrour > RacinBob 04/09/2020 at 07:47

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bet he wasn’t expecting that.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > RacinBob 04/09/2020 at 07:56

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I honestly bet it will buff out...A-10s are hilariously durable...

facw > RacinBob 04/09/2020 at 08:09

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Well they are designed to be able to land with the gear up...

RacinBob > facw 04/09/2020 at 08:36

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Designed is a slippery term. Every jet is designed around survivability for a gear up landing to some extreme. Some more than others.....

facw > RacinBob 04/09/2020 at 08:46

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Yeah, but the A-10 is designed for it to an extreme degree, because it was expected that it would sustain combat damage much more often than other aircraft. The wheels are purposefully exposed when retracted, so they can be used as wheels even when the gear is up:

IIRC, various parts of the aircraft are also reinforced to function as landing skids if needed.

Ash78, voting early and often > RacinBob 04/09/2020 at 09:16

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Glad the pilot was ok. Hopefully not another airframe loss....we’re not making any more of these!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw 04/09/2020 at 09:25

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Sort of like a 1-ton pickup with a big block engine and an RV cam.

user314 > Ash78, voting early and often 04/09/2020 at 09:59

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There’s plenty of spares though:

ttyymmnn > facw 04/09/2020 at 10:04

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The Douglas TBD Devastator had the same feature. 

ttyymmnn > RacinBob 04/09/2020 at 10:04

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Pick it up, pull the wheels to, put it back on the flight line. 

DipodomysDeserti > user314 04/09/2020 at 11:15

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Davis Monthan?

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > RacinBob 04/09/2020 at 11:22

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I just think about how many missiles and bombs and shit are hanging on the bottom of those wings normally. Would they jettison those if they were present before attempting the landing? Seems like the smart thing to do.  

user314 > DipodomysDeserti 04/09/2020 at 11:25

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Yerp. Boeing has a contract through 2030 to produce replacement wings for some ‘H ogs, but there’s still plenty at the Boneyard .

DipodomysDeserti > user314 04/09/2020 at 11:37

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Used to drive past the boneyard all the time on my way to go shooting in the desert. Kolb Rd would take you in between the boneyard an d the scrapyard.

Longtime Lurker > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 04/09/2020 at 12:53

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Article said it had miss les attached, that they experienced some buckling.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Longtime Lurker 04/09/2020 at 12:56

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RacinBob > facw 04/09/2020 at 13:27

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Y ou learned me something today. Nice!  

RacinBob > ttyymmnn 04/09/2020 at 13:29

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so it dogtracks when it is flying, no bi g deal.

RacinBob > RacinBob 04/09/2020 at 13:31

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Looks cool slammed, maybe there’s a lemons theme in there somewhere....

RacinBob > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 04/09/2020 at 20:52

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I think they would do that had the plane been over ocean. Unfortunately this is in Atlanta if I remember correctly, So where could you jettison them over Georgia?

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > RacinBob 04/10/2020 at 10:29

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Ev idently there’s a town named Quitman in GA. Seems appropriate.