Ron wrote:

Must be a popular thing to do.

Another Mirage III, A3-36 lost the engine on final to RAAF Darwin in
1986. Pilot noticed the lack of noise and unfamiliar pattern of lights
on the panel, promptly stepped out and changed the aircraft's w&b.
The Mirage floated down to a comparitively soft landing in the mud flats
before the runway.


I saw the airframe 2 years later and the most damage was done by souvenir
hunters, who used axes, angle grinders and some sort of thermonuclear
device to remove bits - including the fin.


I rather like the F-106 that landed in snow intact after the ejection, and was
trucked out and flown again.

Ron
Pilot/Wildland Firefighter

A Sukhoi Su-27 of the Russian Knights aerobatic team landed on the runway at
Bratislava, Czechoslovkia, during an airshow, with his wheels up.

The pilot simply forgot to lower the u/c !!!

The a/c touched down on the two empty missile pylons fitted under the engine
trunks in a shower of sparks.

The red-faced pilot climbed out unhurt (except for his pride).

The a/c was jacked up, the wheels were lowered and it flew out a few days later.

The pilot went on to become the Russian Knights team leader !!

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Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
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