RAAF F-111 Belly Landing

[cuznjohn]

When the wheel falls off this F-111 the young Australian Air Force Pilot has his flying skills put to the test as he attempts a belly landing rather than ejecting from the plane. Their Squadron Leader who was also a senior F-111 pilot consulted the flight manual to see how to deal with this flight emergency only to discover they were going to be writing this section of the manual. The pilot’s training paid off as he was able to safely land the aircraft using the arresting hook to help slow it down.

http://biggeekdad.com/2013/04/raaf-f-111-belly-landing/

 

[RodMyers]

Old news, since the aussies retired the f-111 a few years ago.

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[bruiser]

Might be old news but still some impressive flying. I was on F111Fs for three years. I know how hard those things are to handle at slow speeds. That is one heavy aircraft too. We would send them off with a load of weapons and fuel with a gross of around 83,000 lbs. The fuel burn off in the beginning is quite impressive. Especially at night. Scare the :cus: out of you when you first see it. Overall, a very impressive weapon.

 

[RodMyers]

Worked fb-111, f-111, f-111f

Great aircraft, did what it was designed to do

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[Dan McNally]

I got to ride in the right seat of an FB-111 from the 380BMW, Plattsburgh AFB in 1975 . . . it was awesome. The FB drivers used to dump some fuel and hit the burners over Lake Champlain at night . . . was awesome to see. Years later, an FB driver I knew said he met a Russian who told him that they had spies, all over the area. Their satellites had seen the plumes of fire, and they thought we'd developed some sort of defensive weapon. They were trying to find out what it was!

 

[bruiser]

I was an inspector in England. Never got to fly in one but had lots of taxi time.

Surprised PappaZippy hasn't chimed in yet.

 

[RodMyers]

In shop avionics on all 3 models

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[mooneych]

F-111's

Wow! I had forgotten how large these jets were. I worked "A" models at Mountain Home from 80 to 84. Actually, one of the jets in Blue section had "C" model wings (slightly longer), due to a mishap in Vietnam. This aircraft was not allowed to do any kind of formation flying...

As for the video, I was impressed how well the A/C landed the aircraft. Gotta have some soft hands to be able to set it down that gently!

:doorag:

 

[cuznjohn]

f111

just want to say thanks to all you vets who served your country for us :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[jtoro1]

F111 video

Great video ,I have been in the USAFR for 30 years ,I am a F16 crew chief , love high tech toys,+ my RTS retiring in DEC 2013:bowdown:

 

[RodMyers]

Pease afb, 1978 - 1982
Mountain Home afb, 1982 - 1984
RAF Lakenheath UK 1985 - 1988

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[Pappazippy]

And Pappazippy chimes in!

Yup yup love that beast I spent my 8 Air Force years as a crew chief on the F-111A models. Went to war with them in Thailand. (Bruiser knows). Spent a lot of time in the wheel well laying in the speed brake contemplating life in general, then fire up my hipack and topped off the accumulators. The only things I dreaded was using the hand pump to pump up the brakes so they can be towed and getting into that tiny space to install the clamp for the spike. I had my run license so I spent time on the trim pad doing diagnostic runs and managed to get into a couple high speed taxis down the runway. I so desired to pull back the stick at those times. Other times, just plugging in a M32A-60A and doing preflight cockpit checks while firing up the radios to listen to the various things I could pick up. I think it is shame the aircraft wasn't utilized more. The "F" models their aircrews and ground crews were outstanding in the gulf wars kudos to all those gallant people. I missed out on that when my enlistment ended in 1980. Yup I'm an Aardvark fan and always shall be. Anyone wanna share "war stories" feel free to PM me.