Carrier Landing (without carrier or landing gear)

Shannow · Jul 17, 2006

Just on the TV.

Really clever, an F111 sans landing gear circles for a few hours while they set up a carrier landing rope.

When low on fuel, and set up, he just flies in so close, snags the rope, and just (well almost) drops to the ground.

Neat T.V.

Kestas · Jul 17, 2006

I read through the article. The ropes were set up, but not used. The plane dumped the fuel and made a simple belly landing on the runway. Pretty good flying, and a very sturdy airplane. I'm glad the crew came out okay.

Oldmoparguy1 · Jul 17, 2006

Saw it on Fox News this morning. Some very cool flying.

Gary Allan · Jul 17, 2006

That's why they get to fly the neat and expensive hardware. You've got to be able to cash the checks that the ego writes ...and they do

outrun · Jul 17, 2006

Neat stuff, it is good to know that all emergency arresting gear training ground crews are put through have times when they are actually needed. Endless drills have paydays.

Dark Jedi · Jul 18, 2006

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Originally posted by Gary Allan:
That's why they get to fly the neat and expensive hardware. You've got to be able to cash the checks that the ego writes ...and they do

expensive hardware? that plane was made like late 60's and I know the air force pilots didnt like it. I was shocked they didnt foam the runway first before it landed. guess they do things differnet overseas lol.

tdi-rick · Jul 18, 2006

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Originally posted by Dark Jedi:

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Originally posted by Gary Allan:
That's why they get to fly the neat and expensive hardware. You've got to be able to cash the checks that the ego writes ...and they do

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expensive hardware? that plane was made like late 60's and I know the air force pilots didnt like it. I was shocked they didnt foam the runway first before it landed. guess they do things differnet overseas lol.

the avionics and weapons delivery suites are all current technology. There's been numerous upgrades over the last few years.

tdi-rick · Jul 18, 2006

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Originally posted by Kestas:
I read through the article. The ropes were set up, but not used. The plane dumped the fuel and made a simple belly landing on the runway. Pretty good flying, and a very sturdy airplane. I'm glad the crew came out okay.

definately used the arrestor hook and ropes....

Kestas · Jul 18, 2006

I don't think they foam runways any more for emergency landings. Probably doesn't work. Remeber the last few televised emergency landings?... they didn't foam the runways.

The article said, "The RAAF set up catch ropes on the airstrip but they were not needed." Are you saying they set up arresting ropes that are different from the catch ropes?

Shannow · Jul 18, 2006

Kestas,
the article was wrong on the ropes, as the video certainly shows it snagging a landing rope and being dragged to a halt.

As an aside, he only complete flight training two weeks ago.

sprintman · Jul 18, 2006

He's a raw rookie just out of nappies. We train 'em well. Our F111's are very different than those flown in the U.S. Still being upgraded. At Red Flag in Nevada a year or two back they were the only unit of all countries forces that flew 100% of it's sorties as planned.

moribundman · Jul 18, 2006

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Our F111's are very different than those flown in the U.S. Still being upgraded.

Our Aardvarks haven't flown in 10 years.

F-111 boneyard

sprintman · Jul 19, 2006

Our guys call em Pigs. As a famous USAAF guy said "the only replacement for an F111 is an F111" Never a truer word spoken. We intend to replace them with F35. Slower, less range, smaller weapons load. That's progress?

moribundman · Jul 19, 2006

The B1-B Lancer (by Rockwell) was the replacement for the F-111. Operational since '86, the B1-B is very slowly being phased out. You got any B1's, and if so, what nickname do you have for the Lancer?

The F-35 Lightning II JSF should be deployed as early as 2008 and it's going to be a corker in either configuration.

I wish I'd remember any Aussie aircraft other than the Woomera. Did they ever manage to work the kinks out?

Win · Jul 19, 2006

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Originally posted by moribundman:

I wish I'd remember any Aussie aircraft other than the Woomera. Did they ever manage to work the kinks out?

The Canberra, at least in name, if not country of origin.

Placed in USAF and ANG inventory as B-57.

moribundman · Jul 19, 2006

The B-57 Canberra was a British design.

I meant Ausssie-designed and Aussie-built aircraft.

Shannow · Jul 19, 2006

Boomerang was aussie

tdi-rick · Jul 19, 2006

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Originally posted by Shannow:
Boomerang was aussie

and that's the last designed and built here combat 'plane I can think of too.

F86's were built here in the fifties and the airframe re-designed to fit the RR Avon. More thrust and faster than the NA F86.

tdi-rick · Jul 19, 2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_Boomerang

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From the roughed-out plans, CAC general manager (and former chief designer) Lawrence Wackett and chief designer Fred David began detailed design work on 21 December 1941. The RAAF ordered 105 Boomerangs on 2 February 1942, and the prototype flew on 29 May 1942.

One is up and flying again and I saw it at Warbirds over Scone the last time it was held. The thing howls like nothing else I've ever heard in a dive.

http://www.aarg.com.au/boomerang.htm

sprintman · Jul 19, 2006

http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/497.html

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