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| Thread ID: 62045 | 2005-09-25 06:35:00 | What a beautiful landing | FoxyMX (5) | PC World Chat |
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| 390707 | 2005-09-25 11:01:00 | I'm very glad to hear about the 'almost' air accidents... my missus is currently enroute to Los Angeles, then to Boston, back to LA, then on to Reno, back to LA, and back to Auckland - a lot of air travelling over the next month! :( | Greg (193) | ||
| 390708 | 2005-09-25 19:09:00 | The nose wheel was locked at 90 degrees to the runway. The actual landing was perfectly normal until the fron wheel hit the ground. Then the tyre burned and was ripped off. Then the wheel caused the sparks by running along the concrete. The biggest worry was, would the wheel strut collapse. They are not designed for that sort of stress. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 390709 | 2005-09-25 19:36:00 | Haven't heard of that one before. Was it the original you watched or a reconstruction? They certainly were a lucky bunch, that's for sure. Reconstruction. On Nat Geos Air Disaster series. Although that one turned out happily. Scary for the people in the plane, when it loses power, all the lights go off, air con etc and its dead silent. So they all knew. Watching that series shows some amazing feats by commercial pilots. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 390710 | 2005-09-25 21:24:00 | The nose wheel was locked at 90 degrees to the runway. The actual landing was perfectly normal until the fron wheel hit the ground. Then the tyre burned and was ripped off. Then the wheel caused the sparks by running along the concrete. The biggest worry was, would the wheel strut collapse. They are not designed for that sort of stress. No it wasn't a normal landing. The pilot put the plane down on its back wheels as per normal but with the nose up higher than usual. He then kept the nose up so that the front wheel was off the runway for as long as possible until the aircraft had slowed down a lot before putting it down. I don't know how hard that is to do but I would imagine it would take some skill. And yes, it is amazing that the front wheel strut held up for all that time instead of collapsing. The stress on it would have been enormous and by rights it should have broken. As for the sparks, did you not notice that the flames only started when the wheel hit the runway's line of paint, decreased when the wheel left the paint and flared up again each time it went over the paint? Out of interest, is it not possible to apply the brakes as per normal when the front wheel is off the ground? What would happen if they did? |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 390711 | 2005-09-25 21:47:00 | No it wasn't a normal landing . The pilot put the plane down on its back wheels as per normal but with the nose up higher than usual . He then kept the nose up so that the front wheel was off the runway for as long as possible until the aircraft had slowed down a lot before putting it down . I don't know how hard that is to do but I would imagine it would take some skill . And yes, it is amazing that the front wheel strut held up for all that time instead of collapsing . The stress on it would have been enormous and by rights it should have broken . As for the sparks, did you not notice that the flames only started when the wheel hit the runway's line of paint, decreased when the wheel left the paint and flared up again each time it went over the paint? Out of interest, is it not possible to apply the brakes as per normal when the front wheel is off the ground? What would happen if they did? Afraid I disagree with you . It WAS a perfectly normal landing for the situation . The whole process was to keep the front wheel off the ground as long as possible . Pilots train for such a situation . Applying the brakes (if they were still working) would have caused the aircraft to lunge forward and drop the nose wheel . At a higher speed the strut could have broken or it could have dug into the runway . Either could have caused major problems . Though it looked very dramatic it was a perfectly normal landing for the situation . |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 390712 | 2005-09-25 22:33:00 | Ah . Well then I have fallen for all the media hype dramatising the event and being easily impressed by these seemingly spectacular situations I thought the pilot had done something special . :blush: Thanks for bursting my bubble, Jack . :p :D Anyway, well trained or not, I still reckon pilots have nerves of steel . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 390713 | 2005-09-26 01:39:00 | I am amazed at how they designed such a crap wheel assembly,that isn't the first time they have had that problem. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 390714 | 2005-09-29 01:59:00 | I am amazed at how they designed such a crap wheel assembly,that isn't the first time they have had that problem. I believe (according to the NTSB) this is the 4th case of this in the US with this type of aircraft.. |
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