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Tail Strike

PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:25 am
by Dannyboy
After an aborted landing I rotated to much and had a tailstrike which was responsible for this mayhem... :o

Whoa! Houston we have a problem
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Funny that Crash back lol
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Dive dive...
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and I'm on glide slope too
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Might as well add some rubber smoke to the mix
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Nice detail on the engines thrust reversers
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I did manage to get her back on terra ferma and all the passengers off safely, lol  ;D  8)

Re: Tail Strike

PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:37 am
by Silver1SWA
:o Whoa great job!  Nice recovery!

Re: Tail Strike

PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:17 am
by ozzy72
Nice work there. Remind me not to get on any plane when you're up in the front office ;D

Ozzy

Re: Tail Strike

PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:04 pm
by d0mokun
hope you dont treat all your planes like that lol.
nice shots :D

dano

Re: Tail Strike

PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:49 pm
by born_2_fly
Great pics there! Not so sure about the dive  ::) may of had a few skid marks on the seats to clear up after that!  ;) Also perfectly  on the centre line! very well done!  :P

Re: Tail Strike

PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:05 pm
by jrpilot
Great shoots with the 757

Re: Tail Strike

PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:58 am
by xFLAMESx
What were the repair costs? ;D ;D

[glb]Thanx. Carl[/glb]

Re: Tail Strike

PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:39 pm
by lemoncat
nice shots a lucky escape :) :)

Re: Tail Strike

PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:41 pm
by martianfrogz
LOL Born_2_Fly. ;D ;D :D :D Ouch. On the dive, it must've been "We lost some oil pressure" (if you've seen the Blue Collar Comedy Tour) Ouch......... :( Nice landing, though. :) ;)