F111 Emergency Landing Amberley
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Who planted that tree right in the way of seeing the landing?
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nice, i would want too!
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very impressive piloting.
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smoooth.
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@operationcwaI789789 Just a FYI.The F-111 Does not have ejection "seats". The entire forward cockpit area is a modular capsule fired off with rockets. There are small control surfaces at the forward wing root area that give the capsule limited maneuvering capability. Needless to say the F-111 was an aircraft WAY ahead of it's time. Inertial navigation system, "swing wings", mach 2.5 + capability and terrain following radar all made this aircraft a pioneer in advanced aviation in the 1960's.
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Just like a sporting game of cricket. Well done young chaps.
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8 people are fabricators / structural fitters
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would have been funny if the plane came to a stop, and the pilots ejected with the ejection seats
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I was there doing a delivery to Amberly when this happened.... awesome to see it again.
Btw, that plane DID fly again, I saw her being repaired a month later while I was taking some sound proof doors to the base for a building extension that was being done, the hanger they were fixing her in was right next to where the building work was being done.
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@butlerproman looooooool
Landing gear? Pffft! Just unnecessary weight and complication.
butlerproman 2 years ago 29
because they wanted to save the multimillion dollar plane...would u wanna waste several million dollars?
statisch 3 years ago 19