Plane looses tail in landing

blanston12 · Post by **blanston12** » 17 Aug 2006, 00:04

Just got this link from a friend, unfortunalty have no information on the actual incident but to me it looks like they stalled just before landing.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 51320760&7

Post by **Garry Russell** » 17 Aug 2006, 00:10

A far as I can recall that was during protoype tests and it was deliberate..but it shouldn't have failed.

Garry

Post by **DaveB** » 17 Aug 2006, 01:10

Sure I've seen that before Garry and concur

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Chris Trott · Post by **Chris Trott** » 17 Aug 2006, 01:17

Yes, that was the heavy landing tests at Edwards AFB. As a result, the plane was repaired and the spine of the aircraft strengthened.

Incidentally, that was the second Douglas aircraft to have done that. One of the DC-8 prototypes (Ship 3 or Ship 4 if I remember correctly) broke its back in similarly spectacular fashion during heavy landing tests as well. That aircraft was also repaired and was in fact delivered to a customer and served over 30 years in service without any further issues.

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 17 Aug 2006, 04:00

I've seen it before as well but in a better quality
it really amazing how the energy rippled through
fuselage. at one point it was bowed
how about that landing gear
it took quite a pounding as well

delticbob · Post by **delticbob** » 17 Aug 2006, 09:39

There is a slightly better quality version here http://www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm about 3/4 of the way down. The page link is "Hard Landing".

The link [above] was posted on this site last week sometime if I recall correctly- some great accident footage (but sadly some of it leading to death), but plenty of unbelieveable - did they really do that stuff.

Bob

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 17 Aug 2006, 11:18

Found another landing video last night:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... sh+airways

Dont think the airline is BA, thoguh I cant rightly identify what it is either. This looks so silly, I wonder if it has been faked or at best doctored? :think:

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 17 Aug 2006, 11:26

It's a fake.

I saw it somewhere else, with commentaries.

Think it was for an Austrailan Ale of somekind....

Post by **Garry Russell** » 17 Aug 2006, 11:50

Concur Dan

It's a fake made for a lager company showing the rival countries football team arriving...or something like that.

Garry

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 17 Aug 2006, 11:53

Spot on Garry, football / Ale..whatever the two are alike ...