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Civil Aviation => Modern Civil Aircraft => Topic started by: Tango Tango Fanta on November 01, 2011, 03:44:56 PM

Title: amazing landing
Post by: Tango Tango Fanta on November 01, 2011, 03:44:56 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15543209 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15543209)

Title: Re: amazing landing
Post by: casper on November 01, 2011, 05:11:37 PM

Superb piece of flying.

Title: Re: amazing landing
Post by: Merlin on November 01, 2011, 05:48:57 PM

As the saying goes "any landing you can walk away from is a good one."

One question though:

Given that the plane landed gear up, would the pilot have still been able to control its direction or was it just momentum carrying it in a straight line?

Title: Re: amazing landing
Post by: casper on November 01, 2011, 05:55:17 PM

I'd say he still had some directional control using the rudder. However I don't know at what speed the rudder would become useless.

Title: Re: amazing landing
Post by: Angry Turnip on November 01, 2011, 08:16:33 PM

Superb piece of flying by the crew although it is something that is routinely trained for,when it comes to doing it for real,you couldn`t ask for much better.
The rudder will operate down to a fairly low speed,and the runway would have been treated with foam to reduce sparks etc.
The flight crew deserve the highest praise possible.
 

Title: Re: amazing landing
Post by: Dave on November 02, 2011, 01:19:06 AM

Phoa! Impressive! I skipped over all the LOT Emergency landing threads this morning before work thinking it was nothing serious, now I see this. I'm glad everyone's ok. And of course you can always rely on the Polish aviation photographers to get good pictures of the event.