Pilots try to touch down on the road first before rwy

[pete_auau 1,164]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2012/10/18/16/05/military-plane-narrowly-misses-spectators

[mganz121 159]

Good grief!

 

"It is unlikely that there will be an investigation into the near-miss since the plane has been decommissioned."

[Swofford 155]

Wow that's was a bit intense.

[aentwis 61]

The pilots must have failed to read the charts for Ballenstedt, as they were actually way too heavy for the runway (MTOW 5700kg)...

 

Oddly enough, the road is also on the chart (at least the one I found)... Lucky for them they were flying an aircraft with landing gear designed for rough terrain, otherwise it might not have looked so nice on touchdown...

 

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[MED1473 18]

http://video.repubblica.it/mondo/germania-ultimo-volo-dell-aereo-militare-sfiorata-la-tragedia/108176?video=&ref=HRESS-10

Yeah, what the hell happened there?

Anybody care for a guess?

[Cessnaflyer 56]

I have to say that is pretty awesome!

[Tom Allensworth 1,532]

http://video.repubbl...o=&ref=HRESS-10

Yeah, what the hell happened there?

Anybody care for a guess?

 

That's my landing technique, only he screwed it up. When I land, the struts emerge from the top of the wings. He obviously flunked that course.

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

I agree with Chris.....Pretty Awesome

 

And...

 

It is unlikely that there will be an investigation into the near-miss since the plane has been decommissioned.

 

Lucky for them. Just a few ruffled feathers is all then.

 

Cheers

[HawkDsl 50]

It's only funny until someone gets hurt.... then it's hilarious.

[Airbus Commander 563]

Seems like practically 50% of my landings in FS... :rolleyes: In all seriousness though, lucky escape, but I don't think the public were ever overly in danger, they would have known the aircraft was going to come in shallow and would have kept the road clear for that, just happens they came in a bit more shallow than expected... :blush:

 

Regards,

Ró.

[CoolP 283]

Did somebody see the next video where they are trying the same stunt at JFK? :ph34r:

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

but I don't think the public were ever overly in danger,

 

Good thing these guys weren't there (airplane starts at 0:55):

 

A lot of us have tried that at one time or another LOL

[CoolP 283]

Lets hope it's still possible to just watch some planes like they do. In the post-9/11 version of the film, they've cut out that dangerous suspicious scene. ^_^

 

More seriously, does anyone know what the C-160 pilot had to say about the early touchdown? Just wondering.

[Rocky_53 1,594]

Holy crap! :o

[CoolP 283]

Haha, Howard. Exactly my thoughts. Imagine you stood there. I was actually amazed how cool the crowd handled it.