Heh- C-5 Galaxy mishap

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-03-10 10:58am

http://www.pilotonline.com/breaking/br0306stu.html

One thing: "largest aircraft in the free world". What the heck is that supposed to mean? Last I checked, the Soviet Union fell- which means that the An-225 wins. Or An-124 if you want to talk about mass-produced.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-03-10 11:05am

Sir you can`t park your plane here

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-10 11:48am

Pretty damn funny.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-03-10 01:38pm

Hehehe, pretty neat sight.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-03-10 01:42pm

Whoops! Glad to know no one was hurt.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-03-10 02:16pm

Odd... they said the aircraft was not damaged, but it looks like the left wing got caught on something, damaging its leading edge and bending it.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-03-10 03:00pm

That must have been funny as hell to watch...

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-03-10 03:03pm

Man, and I love it when a plane flies over the interstate when landing. That would have been one hell of site.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-03-10 04:01pm

Crayz9000 wrote:Odd... they said the aircraft was not damaged, but it looks like the left wing got caught on something, damaging its leading edge and bending it.

The leading edge isn't bent. That the slats in the leading edge being down. The slats increase the lift at low speeds, making the takeoff speed lower.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-03-10 04:03pm

DG_Cal_Wright wrote:Man, and I love it when a plane flies over the interstate when landing. That would have been one hell of site.

One time when I was travelling on Highway 101 I saw Air Force One with Clinton on board take off. Another time I saw Air Force One with Bush on board as I was working at a building next to the highway.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-03-10 04:32pm

Nice picture. Reminds me a totally unrelated event in which a passenger jet landed more then half way down a runway in bad weather. It overshot so badly it went of the runway, had its landing gear collapse, and then proceeded to slip across the grass, though the perimeter fence, stopping on a road less then 50 feet from a major gas station.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-03-10 04:35pm

Not really a mistake. The pilot did everything right, from all appearances. Sometimes bad things just happen.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-03-10 11:03pm

TrailerParkJawa wrote:
DG_Cal_Wright wrote:Man, and I love it when a plane flies over the interstate when landing. That would have been one hell of site.
One time when I was travelling on Highway 101 I saw Air Force One with Clinton on board take off. Another time I saw Air Force One with Bush on board as I was working at a building next to the highway.

I need your real name, address, security passes and knowledge of how to hide a ZSU-34 in your office...

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-03-10 11:05pm

weemadando wrote:
TrailerParkJawa wrote:
DG_Cal_Wright wrote:Man, and I love it when a plane flies over the interstate when landing. That would have been one hell of site.
One time when I was travelling on Highway 101 I saw Air Force One with Clinton on board take off. Another time I saw Air Force One with Bush on board as I was working at a building next to the highway.
I need your real name, address, security passes and knowledge of how to hide a ZSU-34 in your office...

That's ZSU-23-4.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-03-10 11:05pm

weemadando wrote:
TrailerParkJawa wrote:
DG_Cal_Wright wrote:Man, and I love it when a plane flies over the interstate when landing. That would have been one hell of site.
One time when I was travelling on Highway 101 I saw Air Force One with Clinton on board take off. Another time I saw Air Force One with Bush on board as I was working at a building next to the highway.
I need your real name, address, security passes and knowledge of how to hide a ZSU-34 in your office...

ROTFLMAO!!! I know how to design the things, not hide them in enemies' offices

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-03-10 11:17pm

If that was a C-17, it could have backed up under its own power.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-10 11:27pm

"All trucks use left lane"

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-03-10 11:55pm

weemadando wrote:
TrailerParkJawa wrote:
DG_Cal_Wright wrote:Man, and I love it when a plane flies over the interstate when landing. That would have been one hell of site.
One time when I was travelling on Highway 101 I saw Air Force One with Clinton on board take off. Another time I saw Air Force One with Bush on board as I was working at a building next to the highway.
I need your real name, address, security passes and knowledge of how to hide a ZSU-34 in your office...

Haha, well since I got laid off in October I know longer have access to the building. Offically that is......

Air Force One is pretty vulnerable in that situation, I was on the roof of the building waiting for the plane to come. Someone had told the the president was landing in the next 10-15 minutes. I think it would be hard for a terrorist to pull it off, but its not impossible to shoot at the plane.

However, I would not want to press my luck, you never know when there is an armed escort flying around in helicopters, which was the case when I saw Air Force One with Clinton.