+Cliff7600 1,120 Posted October 22, 2012 Amazing, but what happened? http://www.airliners.net/photo/Norway---Air/General-Dynamics-(Fokker)/2043082/L/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 153 Posted October 22, 2012 Someone forgot to put his wheels down looks like and when he heard the tank scraping he pulled up and put his wheels down for the next go... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derk 265 Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) Hi, hi, years ago a Norwegian Viper driver forgot to lower his landing gear at our good old Soesterberg AB (when it was still open) during a visit to Veltro's old bunch of Indians......... . No further problems except for a severely scratched fuel tank and a litlle dent in someones reputation after a go around and a conventional landing .......... (and fot the rest the beer was rather cheaper at the 32 TFS mess than it was in Norway so everything was allright in the end ) Edited October 22, 2012 by Derk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toryu 156 Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) The tank is a god gear-substitute - especially when the gear doesn't WANT to come down, like in this training-incident (one of the first student-solos on the Viper for the pilot, as I recall). So is the ECM-pod(?): A-4s also did rather good landings on their dual 300gal-tanks. Edited October 22, 2012 by Toryu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derk 265 Posted October 22, 2012 Oooops, afraid the ECM landing is Leeuwarden. Wonder what's more expensive, the ALQ 131 or the designator (or recce) pod.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fireengineer 1 Posted October 23, 2012 For a moment I thought he had jettisoned the tank but the thing got stuck, so the whole plane dropped.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 629 Posted October 23, 2012 thanks for sharing, you too Toryu! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
