AWESOME PLANE CRASH LANDING

[1anthonybrowning]

That did not look like a navy jet, so why did he have arresting tail hook on the plane?

[pilotlb2003]

@1anthonybrowning Nearly all modern military jets have hooks for emergencies. Mostly they are only used for brake failures where the a/c will run out of runway before stopping.

[xx2345000]

He did such a bad ass job getting it back on the ground, he should of just taxi'd it off the main run way.

[EJholden]

A wheel fell off on take off he burnt fuel for a few hours then landed.

[Dutchy1965]

text book

[Domdeone1]

The wife was in control...

[381Legoman]

its not awesome.2,000,000,000 dollars down the drain

[jonesy97]

@381Legoman 2 billion, huh? I think you ought to check your count of zeros, there.

[BlackAeronaut]

@381Legoman I'll tell you what's awesome - landing that sucker without a single person even getting a scratch. Makes for a helluva lot fewer tax dollars blown. Also, crash landing that neat and clean? Plane might be totaled, but I betcha that mess was cleaned up in no time! Downtime like that on a military runway is expensive. Time = money in the US Armed Forces, too!

[dubyamoney]

did the whole airforce come in like this?????

[sonicbenj78]

The skill on that pilot dragging the arrester hook... Nice!

[arjoj10]

I would have thought landing on the grass would be less 'fire' producing and no damage to the runway??

[beergut111]

he fucked that all up....he drug the hook before he was over the runway.

[ZeroProductions15]

@beergut111 look more close... wasnt him, was the wire

[amillionpoundcoins]

Nigger stole my wheels!

[TheBajhuj]

@amillionpoundcoins :D :D :D :D :D :D :D cOoL!

[siddharthasarkar1]

the wheels have been stolen by the fucking pilot............

[GATEJUMPER1]

THEY COULD OF EJECTED THE COCKPIT IS ONE ESCAPE POD.

[spacerconrad]

@GATEJUMPER1

Yes. I watched one crash in the '80s in NM. The pod was in the museum in Addison TX last I looked. Better to belly her in, though. It leaves the plane in repairable condition. An ejection would have resulted in a complete loss of the aircraft.

[TheStrat0sphere]

The F111 has to be the most beautiful airframe ever designed . Incidentally, for the Aussies, this thing looks like a swooping Kookaburra, yeah?

[tolpacourt]

@TheStrat0sphere F-111 was also a terrible design. The wings were prone to fall off during flight. Seriously.

[TheStrat0sphere]

@tolpacourt

Shame about that; it could confuse the terrain following radar.

I'm a bit biased as they are as iconic to Brisbanites as the Storey Bridge.

[jonesy97]

@tolpacourt That was only during the early years during the development of the A models. The wing root problems were fixed, and that was never a problem again.

[rugya117]

cool pilot

[wolfe1970]

ive seen this before but this time i notice he does actually hook a wire

[unixkid52]

Parking Brake ? its useless. Belly Landing Like That Is better

[bazza56au]

Fkn awsome landing mate well done

Cool headed pilot.

Might've had 2 change g suite after that landing.lol.

[12Deathcon]

This was the F111 that had a gear jam in Queensland (Amberley AF base) back in 08 I think. As you can guess the pilot was later seen high tailing out the cockpit as the fire crews foamed the aircraft down.

[Halli50]

Obviously an inoperative landing gear situation.

The pilot tries - and succeeds - in snagging an arrester cable.

At around 0:51sec into the video you can see a cable/ground spacer on the cable being dragging along.

This is why the aircraft stops so quickly....

[bommaz]

By the way the Stig is the driver, Oh sorry PILOT, don't want to upset the youtube experts.

[salchaw]

wow !

[bommaz]

Epic fail, Gay and ummm oh yeah FAKE, there i said it

[dipstick3031]

@bommaz Its so lame to call things ''gay and fake''

[bommaz]

@dipstick3031 SARCASM matey, now for a bit of 009, oh yeah

[dipstick3031]

@bommaz Ok.. I like sarcasm... Just get tired of this ''fake and gay'' stuff... Come up with something funny!! Like the stig stuff was more like it!!

[351xb1973]

@bommaz what are you on about? It was a real crash landing. The pilot did well. If they didn't make it they would have been forced to eject in the capsule over Morten Bay.

[bommaz]

@351xb1973 See comment above, try and understand sarcasm...you know a joke, piss take etc, you tube is just full of people too quick to attack other comments without even trying to absorb the content first. this is why i made the comment and look it worked.

[ImplodedAtom]

Plane: $8m

Runway: $500 per square foot

Remembering a spare set of underwear?

Priceless!

[daywalker6260]

it's a f-111 testing an emergency lading

[grimmo74]

@daywalker6260 no, ot's a real emergency landing!

[wolfe1970]

this is the future of landings :)

[zipcharisma]

Correct - lots of nasty stuff in them, including asbestos. Its a hugely complicated exercise, to remove the systems that can control nukes, to keep the yanks happy, etc. Its millions per airframe to keep one as a display model.

So it all comes down to cost.

But yes, its such a terrible end for these dearly loved planes to meet. As a friend of mine said, a "dishonorable discharge".

[lovesolder11]

Good vid. Had not seen it. Watched it a few times. Great.

[1CaptainAustralia1]

neville fucking bartos

[imbetterthanyouis]

not bad for a trainee , from memory this was like his 2nd or 3rd time in a pig

[thumper250464]

Is that RAAF Tindel?

[351xb1973]

@thumper250464

It was at Amberly airbase. Unfortunately I think the plane is now buried as land fill with most of the other F111s.

A sad end to a great plane.

[callmeshane303]

@351xb1973

Do they really take them down the tip and bury them?

Too much good metal to waste.

[351xb1973]

@callmeshane303 @callmeshane303 Yeah, most of them were buried outside of Ipswich at Swanbank. They'd had their wings taken off, engines and electronics removed.  I'll try and put a link here though that doesn't always work. If no link shows up google " f111s buried". A few have gone to museums. I think around 4 or 5 but I'm sure there would have been enough demand with RSLs and museums to take the lot of them rather than doin what they did.

[351xb1973]

@callmeshane303

It wont let me post the link. Looks like you'll have to google it. Sad photo included in the article as the dozer is burying them.

[callmeshane303]

@351xb1973

Fuck me - they could have donated them to TAFE's for sheet metal classes / universities aerospace courses / artists groups to cut up and make into other things....

It's a fucking HUGE waste of good materials.

[351xb1973]

@callmeshane303

actually no they couldn't really use anything from the aircraft as a lot of the materials used in the construction are considered hazardous. There's probably asbestos and other crap in the airframes. They could have left them intact and made static displays out of the old girls though.

[john198119811]

very well done

[Samjapa]

Very well piloting! 

[Pidgeonpie18]

The Tail Hook is there to make the landing short so it doesn't go off the end of the runway the F-16 has one incase of emergency even though its not a carrier aircraft if its an emergency they can use it. 5star Video btw :)

[scottyis79]

@Pidgeonpie18

I think it's an F-111 but that's cool I didn't know that.



[midairflyer]

i like how the tail hook just comes off the instant it hits the ground. so that is going to work on a carrier landing?  lmfao

[kenpalmer1965]

Was this crash landing done deliberately for practice or was the pilot unable to lower the landing gear for some reason? Interesting. It looked rather flawless other than that.

[351xb1973]

@kenpalmer1965 They had a main wheel come off on takeoff so had to do an emergency landing back at Amberly air base.

[MrCriticOfAll]

Is that Amberly?Cos i got a different angle shot to that.

[drdrwatson]

How stuff gets done in Australia

[dusika1]

good job



[audis2quattro1]

F-111, a strong bird, thank you for the great video.

[Spionsilver]

bring it in ..nice and smooth.. 

[Gavin84w]

Bet he had thongs, stubbies and a blue singlet on and i swear i could see his arm perched up on the side window like Brocky at Bathurst, looks like Amberley?

[ronnysoeberg]

Any sim pilots in here having done this maneuver a multitude of times after a pretty shoddy sortie? :D Always exciting. Can't imagine how the pilot kept his cool. Very impressive.

[fallingwater]

Awesome piloting. I especially like how he scrapes the ground with the arrestor hook (or at least what I'm assuming is an arrestor hook) before he gets to the runway.

[1bearcatf8f]

@fallingwater some planes have arresting hooks now.Look at the F-15 it has one also.

[andawsbro]

Fitting wheels would add unnecessary weight and complicated retractor gear and the pilots brother has a very reasonably priced body shop.

[00haze]

pretty low stall speed for such a big heavy plane

[7249xxl]

hahaha great plane great pilot new coat of paint and this plane was ready to fly

[modelleg]

test of arresting gear

[colindominy]

Good landing by a great RAAF pilot .. well-trained & cool under pressure.

[LordsOfLanding]

@Or1onBelt What I meant was, was this PARTICULAR F-111 rebuilt and restored to flight status after the wheels up landing.

[JBofBrisbane]

@LordsOfLanding - No, it was considered that by the time repairs would be complete, it would be too close to the retirement day, so this aircraft wasn't repaired.

[MrBlinkblink00]

Pilot 1: damn i think i scratched the bottom.

Pilot 2: *looking down* affirmative

Pilot 1: think they will notice?

Pilot 2: nah, we're good

[Derporsche]

@MrBlinkblink00

That's some funny shit dude....!

[LordsOfLanding]

@TheC17A Did the Aussies rebuild that F-111 in the crash and return it to flight status?

[Or1onBelt]

@LordsOfLanding - No. The F-111's have now been retired from RAAF operations.

[mammoth1971]

It breaks my heart seeing that.

[ronaldsneek]

F-111 Ardvark, nice view of the arrestinghook. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[RedMR2W3]

Aah, now i know why they gave it the name "Aardvark"...

But a very skilled pilot!

[TheDct88]

who needs a landing gear?

[Belayen81]

forgot to install lnding gearr....

[checkoutdude]

1st class.

[turbodaxter1]

that pilot did a really good job there. i would have just ejected ^_^

[badaboehm]

That was some impressive piloting!! :-)

[stubbostubbs]

F11 doing what it does well.........NOTHING!

[TrainSounds]

Was anybody hurt?

[mattmatt115]

@TrainSounds Yeah the air traffic controller died of his injuries.. Poor guy, just sitting there at the computer screen. Oh well

[voderick]

@TrainSounds

Yes the guys who must repair this aircraft.....

[abc123beniscool]

i went from watching chopper vids f***ing yeah chopper vids to this

[MrFlyguy124]

crap, my parachute's on fire!

[globalpilot76]

Nice hook catch........



[STOPTHEEU]

@globalpilot76 Slight friction to reduce speed I suppose. Dragging at straws to avoid fate!

[twinstu50]

@STOPTHEEU

No, it was a deliberate by the pilot to engage the arrestor wire, which he successfully did.

Still, one helluva JOLT/BANG on contact!.

[1LSUredneck]

Ladies and Gentleman, we have landed. Thank you for flying Chuck Norris Airlines.

[octopusmagnificens]

Australian F-111?

[TheC17A]

@octopusmagnificens Yes, that is RAAF Base Amberley

[snoobeagle]

Nice tailhook landing for an Air Force pilot :)

[coxairman]

interesting how it loses lift when the hook bar comes off.... maybe it is not the wings.....

[MartyB086]

@coxairman the hook bar catches a cable mate thats why it lost its lift haha

[evapored]

ok Pilot !

[weefrasey1]

There was possibly a malfunction with the landing gear so he was told to come in and land on the belly of the plane, You can also see the emergency services there waiting for it to land, Good job pilot! Very well done!

[grl8862]

@weefrasey1 from memory his front wheel fell off on take off, as you do. I believe this was the first ever belly landing of an F111 in the world. Historically they just ejected (hopefully) and crashed them.

F111's had a reputation in the 70's. Just like boomarangs, sometimes they returned, sometimes they didn't :\

[TheC17A]

@grl8862 No, His left main undercarriage wheel burst and fell of on take off and was only realized on landing, It took 4 hours for the Squadron CO (commanding officer) it make the decision of weather the pilots where to land on the belly or go for plan B, Plan B was simple , they would fly the F111 out to moreton Bay and Eject the pod and safely land in the sea to wait for execration. lucky they went with the belly landing meaning the F111 lives today happily in the BOEING building at Amberley.

[TheC17A]

the only reason in history that some F111 didn't return from flights is because of its first designs. when they first made the F111 A (Air Force Model) the Wing Pivot box was not made to the correct standard that was needed for the amount of vibrations that is caused in supersonic flight. because of the fault wing would simply fall off. so after the Americans loosing about 15 they decided to figure out what the problem was, and after finding it they fixed it and the problem never happened again.

[bigman55434]

He didn't land on a carrier. Why is he still pulling power after he hooked the arresting cable?

[milutintomic]

where are the wheels? O.O

[ilikespace1337]

now thats what you call luck children

[DavidMcMahon1]

Why don't aeroplanes just have little castor wheels on them, in case main gear fails?

[cornskid]

FB-111 .......I believe. That suckers actually a stratigic bomber equiped with a Nuclear Bus. Very impressive aircraft with amazing performance but as this video in dicated the landing gear was extremely complicated and somewhat problematical.

[BenT992]

@ everyone_who_is_asking Yes that is an Australian F1-11

[DarkSphinxx]

applause. 

[PfhUkJiu101]

Is that an F-111?

[MultiStealth007]

I believe he forgot to open his tyres? =DD

[MsJamany]

perfect landing

[Evsy991]

Tail hook down

Oh shit its not a carrier better put it back up :S

[WorldWideAwesomenes1]

Yeah that was the first ever belly landing on a F-111

[tj66az]

Yes, FB-111

[Curicua]

what plane is this? F111?

[eatthisvr6]

that was spot on well done that pilot :)

[danomanoi]

Looks like an F-111. Interesting that they would use the tail hook to slow it down. Someone must have some inside information if they can (or think they can) state the amount for a repair....not too humble.

[Rogo121]

@danomanoi you can see easily after 0:50 that the tailhook was on an arresting wire, probably why it was able to decelerate so quickly.

[vinorob]

Is that an Aussie F1-11?? Anyone know?

[scrfce123]

@vinorob Yes it is an Aussie F-111. This story made headlines within the local media - issues with F-111's getting old prompted the Australian government to replace them with the F/A-18E. Shame really...  Nothing will be as spectacular as the dump and burn.

[ultimatezero12345]

'nice' landing

[sapy52]

that guy was smoking some herb

[alwaysbehumble]

they shouldn't do this kind of training any more. It could cause damage to the plane

[Puggy8D]

@alwaysbehumble ... It wasn't training. If they were to train for this, they'd have done it in a simulator. This was at least a $250,000 repair.

[nrowah]

mad skillz

[grktu]

were are the gears? lol

[TwistLosi]

@grktu

Going by memory, one of the main landing gear wheels fell off during take off. So they decided to land with no landing gear at all as it would be safer landing on the flat belly (using the emergency landing tail hook and cable on runway to slow down the aircraft very quickly) as you can see here.

[zicoproudictions]

Genarel:you wrecked one of our fucking planes

Pilot: =(

Genarel: but since it was an ace landing il let you off and promote you to captain

Pilot: =)

[Defenseman619]

@zicoproudictions what the fuck is a "ganarel"

[S00000by]

@Defenseman619 its a web hosting service ganarel.net

[jonesy97]

You know the top brass was hoping to see the cockpit rocket away from the A/C. That's just a sight rarely seen, as the F-111's are just about the only aircraft, that I know of, that the entire crew compartment separates in an ejection, rather than individual seats. I saw it once in the U.S. in New Mexico in 1988. Ejection right after takeoff.

[RaelB]

I like how he caught the wire with the hook to slow the plane down quickly. Very well done.

[tommoon]

That's one excellent crash landing, they can be my pilot any time!

Is it USAF or Australian Air Force?

[TheSimonHarris]

My wang is incredible

[STOPTHEEU]

@TheSimonHarris That pilot had exceptional control. Although I suppose in such a life or death situation you'd have to! The adrenaline rush must of been epic!

[greasemonkeypol]

no foam in the runway?

[christos200]

you can hear the V-16 engine of the firetruck

[JoshGreenCanMod]

it's a tast

[zackz22]

i thought planes had wheels that come out before you land so this doesnt happen? o.0

[boxanata]

i liked the part were he crashed & burned... Oh wait.

Btw, is that a boeing¿?

[SMJeOma]

@boxanata lol the plane that lands is a f111 aardvark

[cookman283]

@MrMASTERCHIEF117a no its not.

[Snipe4261]

Was that an arresting hook hanging down? If it was, then why? Were they trying to slow down using the hook?

[cookman283]

@Snipe4261 If you notice, the plane sorta suddenly dives for the ground at the end. There was an arresting cable accross the runway and the hook caught it. You can just see it get caught @ 0:17 sec

[SMJeOma]

@cookman283 its like on a carrier a brake cable (in cases of emergency by this movie i think)

[cookman283]

@SMJeOma I know :)

[Justinh789]

@Snipe4261 yeah that was the idea

[Snipe4261]

@Justinh789 Okay, but all it did was rip the hook off and slam the airplane to the ground. The plane seemed to already be flying very slowly and the pilot didn't look like he was having any trouble controlling it, so the question is why didn't he just set it down on the belly?

[Blimp07Productions]

@Snipe4261 If he didn't use the arresting cables the jet would have hit tail first. The arresting cables cause the jet to come down flat so the smack down force wasn't focused on the most explosive part of the aircraft (the back end).

[Snipe4261]

@Blimp07Productions Oh, that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[frantic29]

thats the most beautiful crash landing i have ever seen.

[whitedawg1984]

One of the tornado f3 landed on it's belly,if it landed on the grass it would have dug in and been much worse than on runway

[sierra043]

well done, pilot. i would have shit my pants probably. i wish you hot pizza, cold beer, and warm pussy. and five internets.

[modelleg]

Why not put it down on the grass?...I don't get it.

[dwsnare]

Hi, im thinking he didn't put in down on the grass cause it would excellerate it being how slipperygrass can be, plus there could be pot holes which could possibly unsteady the the thing.

Not sure though, just a guess.

[tlv156]

i guess it's safe to assume his landing gear malfunctioned. lol. did a nice job bleeding off as much speed as possible and set it down pretty good.

[ChiefFrogman]

Way to go Chop! Looks like you dropped the bombs off at Nev's house before the belly in!

[KB10GL]

Geez some of you are stupid.

He saved a multi million dollar plane instead of bailing out & allowing it to crash.

His flying skills were exemplary.

The aircraft has shipboard capability. It did not come from a "boat"

Chopper Read? What have you been smoking & what's the connection with this career criminal?

Taxpayers would rejoice at this pilots skill & bravery.

[tripledibs]

Text book landing.

[iFloppyy]

this jet came from a boat right?

[K1w1scot]

@iFloppyy No. A lot of land based a/c are equipped with arrestor gear for exactly this sort of eventuality.

[iFloppyy]

@K1w1scot aah okie i didnt know that, thanks mate :)

[RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

Holy shit that was flawless.