Heh, heh, Yep that I could believe, but, any aircraft that knew their u/c
was kaput would land on grass wouldn't they; no-one expects their u/c to
fail do they?
I'm not doubting you Art, its just that I have seen the odd pic of bombers
where the u/c had collapsed or hadn't come down (or whatever!), they'd
lifted it by crane later, and lowered it onto a pair of small bogies to take
it away, course as you say, she may end up as a scrap yard queen anyway.
regards, mark.
"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Subject: B-17 landing gear calapse video
From: "M. H. Greaves"
Date: 5/11/04 1:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time

know how to properly fly an a/c of
this type these days, but a shame that they don't have anyof those little
bogies they had during WWII just for this purpose; They'd lift it up by
crane and place one or two under it, so they could move the a/c away for
repair.

More than likely a pair of bulldozers would shove the plane off the runway
to
allow the rest of the group to land. Remember many were short of fuel and
more
may be coming in with wounded aboard. The crashed plane might well end up
as a
bucket of spare parts. The mechanics watching this landing were already
lusting after those engines ready to pull them and mount them in war
wearies
that needed them. When a plane crashes think of the mechanics watching as
a
flight of vultures circling overhead counting the spare parts.


Arthur Kramer
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