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  • Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

    Entirely but VERY cool... didn't know a -47 could do that!


    Wayne Sagar
    "Pusher of Electrons"

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    Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

    IIRC, a UAL 747 landed at LAX several years ago with both wing main gears retracted. So it landed on only 2 of the 4 main landing gears.

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      Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

      Originally posted by AAFO_WSagar View Post
      Entirely but VERY cool... didn't know a -47 could do that!


      And made it a carrier landing to boot!

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        Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

        Cool video, thanks for posting.

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        • #5
          Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

          Originally posted by goldfinger View Post
          And made it a carrier landing to boot!
          LOL... he did drop it in a bit didn't he!
          Wayne Sagar
          "Pusher of Electrons"

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            Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

            Originally posted by AAFO_WSagar View Post
            LOL... he did drop it in a bit didn't he!
            Wonder if he was trying to 'Jolt' it out? I thought about that, if I ever had a nose gear stuck, I'd attempt a pretty good bounce on the mains. A bounce like G-load is pretty damn hard to reproduce while in flight.
            Unleashed Air Racing

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              Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

              Originally posted by Dudewanarace View Post
              Wonder if he was trying to 'Jolt' it out? I thought about that, if I ever had a nose gear stuck, I'd attempt a pretty good bounce on the mains. A bounce like G-load is pretty damn hard to reproduce while in flight.
              So imagine if that had worked. He hits hard, bounces up 6 feet while the right main pops out from the G load, then he settles back down on all four mains! That'd have to go viral!

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