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This guy cant get one of his wheels of his piper to come down and he's fast running out of fuel....
His buddies come up with a solution...
Clicky.

Blimey. It's a long time since I last saw that. Not sure if it's the same incident but the car manufacturer used it as an advert.

i saw a picture of that ages back on a site called www.aviationpics.de

they are some really daring guys
good on them

james

Terrific! I haven't seen that before. Thanks for that.

That's remarkable, and not the only time it's been done, but it's not worth the risk, IMHO.
A planned gear-up landing is quite survivable, but a small error or any number of surprises under these circumstances could easily kill everyone involved.

It's just a damn airplane- not worth a human life. That's why protecting people from harm is Rule #1 in flying.

Harrumph.

Can anyone remember the ad I'm talking about? It was a genuine incident some years ago now & the car company bought the photo. I had an idea the car was an Audi & the aircraft might have been a twin.

Can anyone remember the ad I'm talking about? It was a genuine incident some years ago now & the car company bought the photo. I had an idea the car was an Audi & the aircraft might have been a twin.

Are you talking about the attempt for an ad where some plane tried to land ontop of a car and it missed by a couple feet so the wheel went into the window of the car and ended in a pretty scary looking crash?

Are you talking about the attempt for an ad where some plane tried to land ontop of a car and it missed by a couple feet so the wheel went into the window of the car and ended in a pretty scary looking crash?

No, it was exactly the same situation as this one but I don't think it was the same car or aircraft. The photo used in the ad was of the mechanic pulling the jammed landing gear down.

PS. Now I come to think of it this must have been over 10 years ago.