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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:21:02 PM EDT
This is what the wheels looked like after the landing. Try that with your Dremel!
   
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:22:57 PM EDT
[#1]
wow!
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:23:44 PM EDT
[#2]
Still haven't seen the video, but those pics are amazing!
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:23:48 PM EDT
[#3]
holy wow, that should buff right out.
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:24:20 PM EDT
[#4]
What kind of Jet did that gear belong too?
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:25:05 PM EDT
[#5]
It was an Airbus A320 I believe. |
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:25:06 PM EDT
[#6]
tagged cause people at work will want to see this.
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:25:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:26:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:26:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:27:28 PM EDT
[#10]
Don't you know those passengers were about to crap themselves! Those guys did a great job landing that thing!
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:28:13 PM EDT
[#11]
Wow. I expected more damage
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:29:09 PM EDT
[#12]
That was an awsome landing by the captin. The bar i was at had everyone chearing when he landed that plane.
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Posted: 10/3/2005 7:29:49 PM EDT
[#13]
Wow, I watched the video the other day, I couldn't believe the LG could take so much abuse!
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Posted: 10/4/2005 12:01:13 AM EDT
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www.thatvideosite.com/view/770.html A&P's, are those wheel assemblies magnesium? Sure looks like it once they start grinding on the runway. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 12:02:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/4/2005 12:11:16 AM EDT
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My dad, being a former airline mechanic for the AF and Pan American since before I was born, I asked him, Why did he think about that situation... His words were "Great pilot, Lousy mechanic" Someone is gonna be in deep poopie.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 7:32:17 AM EDT
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Bump for the day crew.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 7:35:25 AM EDT
[#18]
I saw it on the news the day it happened. You can bet that pilot and crew's assholes were suckin' seat.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 7:41:27 AM EDT
[#19]
Cool pics - thanks for posting!
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Posted: 10/4/2005 7:45:58 AM EDT
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Being a bit of an aviation/mechanic expert I would advise they repack those bearings.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 7:49:04 AM EDT
[#21]
I bet that pilot got laid big-time that night.
Great job on the landing. CMOS |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:06:32 AM EDT
[#22]
I saw it on the news as it was happening. That Pilot did one heck of a job landing that plane. Looked smooth as silk!
And yes I am sure he got laid....If not by his wife, one of the stewardesses  Sean |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:08:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:14:26 AM EDT
[#24]
At least the bearing grease is fresh!!!
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:19:21 AM EDT
[#25]
Some Fix-A-Flat and she'd be good-to-go!
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:23:49 AM EDT
[#26]
Yea, imagine having to fly around for 2 1/2 hours to burn off fuel before landing. The whole time knowing that there was a problem.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:28:46 AM EDT
[#27]
dayam, wasn't far from getting those spindles.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:31:00 AM EDT
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Gotta LOVE Airbus.... the software chose 90 degrees to direction of travel as the "malfunction state". I am impressed at the grease , still being in the bearings after such a high heat exposure.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:33:03 AM EDT
[#29]
Almost made it to the cente and the chewy middle
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:40:57 AM EDT
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Fuck the what? 
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Posted: 10/4/2005 8:41:43 AM EDT
[#31]
I think the wheels are magnesium. I watched it live on the news. Was really a great feeling to see everything come out so good.
-Foxxz |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:27:56 AM EDT
[#32]
I'm betting they're aluminum. Quib A&P |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:47:21 AM EDT
[#33]
Wow. Cool pics. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:57:43 AM EDT
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Ring a bell?  TRG |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 11:25:20 AM EDT
[#35]
Laid, hell. I bet he got a blow job from the CEO of the company!! 
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Posted: 10/4/2005 1:27:11 PM EDT
[#36]
If he didn't, I'll bet it was close!  |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 1:30:54 PM EDT
[#37]
That wheel bearing grease is amazing!
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Posted: 10/4/2005 3:34:15 PM EDT
[#38]
Amazing synthetic...but the bearing shells stopped the abrasion...probably left some good scratches on the CENTER STRIPE of the runway. Yes, that pilot brought it down the perfect center AND KEPT IT THERE! Shoot, the axle isn't damaged...but I bet they replaced everything.. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 3:41:56 PM EDT
[#39]
Great pilot but I'm not impressed with the aircraft's design.
"If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going". |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 3:43:31 PM EDT
[#40]
Is that a waranty item?
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Posted: 10/4/2005 3:46:35 PM EDT
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Something says Titanium to me. I know there is alot of Titanium used in the aviation indsutry... |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 3:52:54 PM EDT
[#42]
Thanks for bringing that up for me as I'm about to hop a Jetblue flight on Friday LOL
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Posted: 10/4/2005 3:53:55 PM EDT
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Heck yeah, probably including the bulkhead the gear attaches to (I'm sure it was tweaked) along with any wrinkled or charred skin. As far as him keeping it on the center line - hell, I can't keep my plane, with a functioning nosewheel, on the center line as well as he did! |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 3:56:06 PM EDT
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Damn showoffs. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 4:06:20 PM EDT
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It was the centerline that was causing most of the visible fire. When the wheel was in contact with the white stripe it flamed MUCH more than when it was in contact with just the pavement. I suspect the paint in the stripe was combusting from the friction.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 4:07:55 PM EDT
[#46]
tag
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Posted: 10/4/2005 4:38:57 PM EDT
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It seems like a tough engineering question. If the ability to "point" the wheel is disabled to where it won't go parallel with the plane body, what is the alternative? If it "locks" in at a 15 to 40 degree angle, then when the nose touches down it ould actually STEER the plane into a catestrophic wreck. I suppose that if you can't have it pointing straight, the "failsafe" might indeed be at a 90 degree orientation so as to ENSURE what happened here occurs, as opposed to the wheel being stuck at an angle, and steering the plane into a wing-ground contact kartwheel wreck instead. Hell of a picture! I'd say the wheels have some magnesium content, as that sort of flame burst was very indicative of such. Still an awesome job of landing. The guy put that bird down DEAD CENTER in the runway and just kissed the front wheel at the right time after keeping the front wheel up and rear ones on the ground as long as possible to bleed off speed. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 4:43:37 PM EDT
[#48]
I'm still amazed that the gear didn't colapse.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 4:46:47 PM EDT
[#49]
so those are 2 piece wheels, neato
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Posted: 10/4/2005 4:50:30 PM EDT
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Better not show that to my wife. We are going to be on 8 planes over the next eleven days and she HATES to fly.
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