MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Yes - any that has an android or apple operating system. It is surprising how dumb they are after you wash the apple juice or droid stuff out.
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Ok, I'm not a pilot, and have 0 (ZERO) experience with this sort of thing, but I would have planted it in the grass strip. Would this have not minimized the chance of fire and provided more drag to stop? Maybe cross-runways would be a problem, don't know?One from a few years back when a RAAF F-111 lost a wheel on takeoff and had to then land on it's belly (photos of which are also included):
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RAAF Amberley was where this occurred and yes, there are crossways between the two airstrip which may have caused the aircraft to crack up.Ok, I'm not a pilot, and have 0 (ZERO) experience with this sort of thing, but I would have planted it in the grass strip. Would this have not minimized the chance of fire and provided more drag to stop? Maybe cross-runways would be a problem, don't know?
Ahhh! Obviously I did not see that detail. Great piloting to catch it that close to the ground. Had to have been an 'exciting' ride. No amusement park ride anywhere could match something like that!RAAF Amberley was where this occurred and yes, there are crossways between the two airstrip which may have caused the aircraft to crack up.
A hard surface would cause more drag than grass, plus the airstrip were.equipped with arresting cables (much like an aircraft carrier) and the F-111 used it to slow it's landing speed before setting down.
Go back to the first of three photos and zoom in on the F-111's underside beneath the tail and you'll see that it's captured the cable.
And the fire trucks can get there pdq.RAAF Amberley was where this occurred and yes, there are crossways between the two airstrip which may have caused the aircraft to crack up.
A hard surface would cause more drag than grass, plus the airstrip were.equipped with arresting cables (much like an aircraft carrier) and the F-111 used it to slow it's landing speed before setting down.
Go back to the first of three photos and zoom in on the F-111's underside beneath the tail and you'll see that it's captured the cable.
Some more photos of the 'landing' can be seen here: F111 / F-111-A8-143 | ADF SerialsRAAF Amberley was where this occurred and yes, there are crossways between the two airstrip which may have caused the aircraft to crack up.
A hard surface would cause more drag than grass, plus the airstrip were.equipped with arresting cables (much like an aircraft carrier) and the F-111 used it to slow it's landing speed before setting down.
Go back to the first of three photos and zoom in on the F-111's underside beneath the tail and you'll see that it's captured the cable.
Woke is the word coined by the woke to describe themselves. So in that we are in agreement. The term was coined by people who can't spell.
The spelling is OK it is a question of knowing the difference between past and present.Woke is the word coined by the woke to describe themselves. So in that we are in agreement. The term was coined by people who can't spell.
The age-old chestnut... grass or seal for a wheels-up...Ok, I'm not a pilot, and have 0 (ZERO) experience with this sort of thing, but I would have planted it in the grass strip. Would this have not minimized the chance of fire and provided more drag to stop? Maybe cross-runways would be a problem, don't know?
It is not at all unusual for a "nice smooth open" stretch of grass adjacent to a runway to contain unseen and unpleasant surprises, such as drainage ditches, electrical boxes for runway lights and signs, and concrete pads for various often long forgotten purposes.The age-old chestnut... grass or seal for a wheels-up...
yep, and even the smoothest grass isn't as smooth as concrete.It is not at all unusual for a "nice smooth open" stretch of grass adjacent to a runway to contain unseen and unpleasant surprises, such as drainage ditches, electrical boxes for runway lights and signs, and concrete pads for various often long forgotten purposes.