Tornado - fast belly landing

Although when a RAAF Mirage III belly landed at Melbourne in 1973 (??) it
was written off, even though the damage was comparitively minor.
Apparently, the stresses on the airframe woud prove too squirrelly to track
down, so scrapping was a safer option.


Surprisingly, it dodged the scrapper's torch and is on display in
Adelaide.

There is T-38 on display out front of the 80th FTW, Sheppard AFB. Sometime in
the early 80s, the IP and student punched out of it, a couple miles or so from
the runway..It hit in a flat attitude, coming to a stop not too terribly
damaged, at least visibly. I believe the spar was damaged in the initial
impact, to where it was thougth the aircraft should not fly again.


Ron
Pilot/Wildland Firefighter

"Ron" wrote in message
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Although when a RAAF Mirage III belly landed at Melbourne in 1973 (??) it
was written off, even though the damage was comparitively minor.
Apparently, the stresses on the airframe woud prove too squirrelly to
track
down, so scrapping was a safer option.



Just correcting my initial guess , Tullamarine (Melbourne Airport) Oct
'74.





Surprisingly, it dodged the scrapper's torch and is on display in
Adelaide.

There is T-38 on display out front of the 80th FTW, Sheppard AFB.
Sometime in
the early 80s, the IP and student punched out of it, a couple miles or so
from
the runway..It hit in a flat attitude, coming to a stop not too terribly
damaged, at least visibly. I believe the spar was damaged in the initial
impact, to where it was thougth the aircraft should not fly again.


Ron
Pilot/Wildland Firefighter


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.





Cheers


Dave Kearton

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

362436 (Ron) wrote:



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

Ron

Must be damned hard on that pilot's sense of self-worth eh?...

--

-Gord.

" wrote:

362436 (Ron) wrote:



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

Ron

Must be damned hard on that pilot's sense of self-worth eh?...

--

-Gord.

Not really. It was in "an uncontrollable flat spin". The ejection itself allowed
a recovery by pushing down the nose, but at the cost of losing the carbon based
stick actuator.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf30.htm

Bob McKellar

Bob McKellar wrote:



" wrote:

362436 (Ron) wrote:



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

Ron

Must be damned hard on that pilot's sense of self-worth eh?...

--

-Gord.

Not really. It was in "an uncontrollable flat spin". The ejection itself allowed
a recovery by pushing down the nose, but at the cost of losing the carbon based
stick actuator.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf30.htm

Bob McKellar

Ok
--

-Gord.

On or about Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:33:10 GMT, "Gord Beaman"
) allegedly uttered:

(Ron) wrote:



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

Ron

Must be damned hard on that pilot's sense of self-worth eh?...


The pilot can't land it, so the plane does the landing for him? Talk
about being scared to go into the O Club!

---
Peter Kemp

Life is short - Drink Faster

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 !!

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

Ken Duffey wrote:


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).



And Mary wouldn't call that 'pilot error', unlike everyone else
in the world of course.
--

-Gord.