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Old 03-24-2005, 09:50 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by TwitchKitty
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?id=223249,223248,223247,223246

I had to follow that link back to look again today at the 747 landings. This sequence of four pictures amazes me. I really have a hard time believing that this landing did not do serious damage to that plane.
Me too. How did he manage to go from the first photo to the second photo? In the second photo, the airplane is 50 degrees crabbed to the axis of the runway.

Maybe Dave can explain how the pilot could do this. It would seem that he had to add significant right rudder between the first and second photos. Additionally, the wings are level in the second photo, indicating no aileron input. Why?

How that gear did not snap right off the undercarriage is beyond my comprehension.
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