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Postby eno » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:18 pm

I've just watched live on Sky News ...... A Kingair A100 has made a successful belly landing at the airport in the subject. 4 People walked away unscathed .... even going back to the aircraft to collect belongings and shut the door.

The starboard gear had failed to deploy properly, even after attempting a touch and go to bounce it out of the bay.

A spectacularly understated landing ...... no sparks no drama  just a perfect touchdown  with no gear and the props feathered.
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby Tweek » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:27 pm

And an aircraft that can be repaired :)
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby ATI_7500 » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:10 pm

Skilled pilot they had.
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:36 pm

Some damn good flying by the sounds of it :o
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby Ecko » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:49 pm

This might be the stupidest question, but are such landings performed on grass, or the actual runway?
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby beefhole » Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:40 pm

This might be the stupidest question, but are such landings performed on grass, or the actual runway?

If at all possible, the actual runway-belly landings on grass are extremely dangerous.
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby eno » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:02 pm

This might be the stupidest question, but are such landings performed on grass, or the actual runway?


This one was straight down the centre line on the runway and probably a softer landing that with the gear down.
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby eno » Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:11 am

Just a quick bump of this one ......... There's a link to the video of this on a post from Ramos about Virtual O'Hare. It's the same link just scroll down the page a bit. The link is in the right hand column.

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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby FridayChild » Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:58 am

I bet the fire extinguishing foam did more damage than the belly landing itself!  :o
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby Skligmund » Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:34 am

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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby C » Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:56 am

If at all possible, the actual runway-belly landings on grass are extremely dangerous.


True - things tend not to dig in to concrete! :)
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby Hai Perso Coyone? » Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:42 pm

Skillful pilots... :o :o
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby cspyro21 » Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:47 pm

True - things tend not to dig in to concrete!


LOL!!  ;D ;D
I had horrible visions of that Kingair digging into the runway.....  :D
It's good that they all lived though. Well done pilot!!
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Re: Belly Landing at Atlanta Charlie Brown.

Postby beefhole » Mon Dec 05, 2005 2:51 pm

True - things tend not to dig in to concrete! :)

Digging in isn't the problem (digging in is more or less safe to the passengers), flipping and burning is ;)
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