Tu-144LL Landing Video

[cheesegrater]

I thought it was an interesting video as not too many people seen this bird in the air. I love the flare and the bounces.

http://www.tvdata.ru/video/22a.wmv?P... ... a8a3d1c084

You gotta right click on the link and pick "Save As" because the browser attempts to open it as a text file. At least my browser.

[Souichiro]

That isn't what I'd call a smooth landing...

Great find!

[Boss_BlueAngels]

Ouch, I bet they felt that one the next morning.

[Ivan]

Canard lift keeps the angle... so they have to push the ass on the runway (unlike Concorde that is very busy falling down at that point)

[elite marksman]

Suprised they didnt break anything. Anything from the West and you would probably not have made it past the second bounce in one peice. The Soveits always did have a tendency to overbuild things though.

[Ivan]

Not 100% designed for unpaved operations, but still quite a heavy gear assembly with loads of wheels.

And with the gear mounted at the strongest point in the wing (engine pods) you have quite a lot of structural strength up there.