Hard Landing

[StewartB]

Maybe everybody's seen this. I hadn't, and I thought I'd share it.

http://www.avweb.com/newspics/DC-9-80hardlanding.mpg

SB

[Jerry Gaston]

You put on 31 inch tundra tires and that won't happen. :drinking: :drinking:

[Anne]

I'd hate to be that pilot, and have to explain why the tail is on the runway when the rest of the plane is at the terminal.

Any idea how that happened?

Anne.

[StewartB]

Anne,
Here's the story. It was during flight testing.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/198-full.html#186672
SB

[Frank T]

Check out www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm

Be sure to check out the OMG video of the Spitfire doing the low pass.

Frank