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Hey Jay...

I found a video for your page. It's an MD-80 falling apart after a hard
landing.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6kuhd/MD-80.mpg


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Chuck wrote:

Hey Jay...

I found a video for your page. It's an MD-80 falling apart after a hard
landing.

Wow! Looks like he stalled about 100' or so up!

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Wow! Looks like he stalled about 100' or so up!

Nah! I was on that flight and I remember the flight attendant in the back
bragging about how they had won a lawsuit against the airline for weight
discrimination.
This particular attendant was seated in the rear jumpseat when we landed.

Capt. Wilbur Rongfellow

Where did that come from?. Looks like a planned test to me because it
appears sort of stabilized in a high descent rate, no flare approach but
.....

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Hey Jay...

I found a video for your page. It's an MD-80 falling apart after a hard
landing.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6kuhd/MD-80.mpg


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On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 15:56:32 GMT, "Chuck"
wrote:

The MD-80 was structurally beefed up (re-inforcements added just above
the engines on the tail) after that event. Not sure what
circumstances were, other than it was an acceptance / delivery flight.

Have to wonder if it was one of those; "I thought *you* were
flying...." things!

Bela P. Havasreti

Hey Jay...

I found a video for your page. It's an MD-80 falling apart after a hard
landing.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6kuhd/MD-80.mpg


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It was a test of a new version of that airplane. Test for maximum rate of
decent when landing. I think he hit at 600 ft/minute vertical velocity.

Rod
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om...
Where did that come from?. Looks like a planned test to me because it
appears sort of stabilized in a high descent rate, no flare approach but
....

"Chuck" wrote in message
link.net...
Hey Jay...

I found a video for your page. It's an MD-80 falling apart after a hard
landing.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6kuhd/MD-80.mpg


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"Rod Madsen" wrote

It was a test of a new version of that airplane.
Test for maximum rate of decent when landing.
I think he hit at 600 ft/minute vertical velocity.

Which is the FAA requirement for certification.
10 fps at maximum landing weight and 6 fps at
maximum takeoff weight.

Bob Moore

"Maule Driver" wrote in message
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Where did that come from?. Looks like a planned test to me because it
appears sort of stabilized in a high descent rate, no flare approach but
....


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I read that it was a test flight... Testing hard landings or something,
which it looks like he did alright!


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Chuck,

The video is quite old. I'm wondering how it happened to get
attention now. It got a ton of attention when it happened...I guess
we just have short memories.

It is during the testing of the DC-9-80 back in the '70s (they later
called it the MD-80 but it was DC-9-80 on the Type Certificate). It
is one of the hard landing tests. Unfortunately, the flight crew got
the descent rate a bit high at impact/touchdown and the tail broke
off...as it was designed to do. It is a test flight with the airplane
touching down outside of the flight parameters.

All the best,
Rick

"Chuck" wrote in message hlink.net...
Hey Jay...

I found a video for your page. It's an MD-80 falling apart after a hard
landing.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6kuhd/MD-80.mpg


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"Rick Durden" wrote in message
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Chuck,

The video is quite old. I'm wondering how it happened to get
attention now. It got a ton of attention when it happened...I guess
we just have short memories.

It is during the testing of the DC-9-80 back in the '70s (they later
called it the MD-80 but it was DC-9-80 on the Type Certificate). It
is one of the hard landing tests. Unfortunately, the flight crew got
the descent rate a bit high at impact/touchdown and the tail broke
off...as it was designed to do. It is a test flight with the airplane
touching down outside of the flight parameters.

All the best,
Rick



Thanks Rick...

I haven't seen that one before...


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