Yesterday, I flew my 177RG up to FPR for breakfast. I overheard the tower talking with N2MB, a Cessna 310 with gear problems.
I ate breakfast and an hour later, stepped outside, just in time to see and video the poor guy land gear up. I was about 400 feet from the runway, however, the wide angle of the iPhone video makes it look very far away. It was actually quite close. The sound of the props hitting, the belly scraping and the engines backfiring as the plane ground to a halt was truly sickening.
However, the pilot did a perfect job, he and his passenger walked away.
I ate breakfast and an hour later, stepped outside, just in time to see and video the poor guy land gear up. I was about 400 feet from the runway, however, the wide angle of the iPhone video makes it look very far away. It was actually quite close. The sound of the props hitting, the belly scraping and the engines backfiring as the plane ground to a halt was truly sickening.
However, the pilot did a perfect job, he and his passenger walked away.