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| Tango01 | 27 Jun 2014 10:40 p.m. PST |
… On A STOOL Aboard A Navy Ship After His Jet's Front Landing Gear Failed. "* Captain William Mahoney had just taken off from the USS Bataan in his AV-8B Harrier jet when he realized he had a problem
* The nose landing gear on the Cold War-era fighter failed to go down
* He was forced to land vertically on a stool, which he couldn't even see The U.S. Marine Corps has released harrowing video of a pilot skillfully performing a vertical landing on a stool aboard a ship after his fighter jet's front landing gear failed. The incredible landing was filmed aboard the deck of the USS Bataan, a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship…" See here
link WOW! Amicalement
Armand |
 20thmaine  | 28 Jun 2014 6:59 a.m. PST |
Everything in the Daily Mail is either The Nerve Racking moment… Or The shocking moment that… or The shocking ccTV images that show…. sheesh….they need to calm down some. BTW – I, of course, did not follow the DM's click-bait  |
| Lion in the Stars | 28 Jun 2014 9:10 a.m. PST |
What the Daily Mail fails to realize is that EVERYTHING on the flight deck is recorded. I bet that the pilot took a few extra minutes to unstick his butt from the seat after that landing, though! Pucker factor severe enough to suck the whole seat cushion up there… |
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