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Re: [OM] OT: AV-8B Emergency Landing

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: AV-8B Emergency Landing
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 18:21:11 +0100
No, indeed.  I don’t know the landing speed of a B-52, but it will not be low.

Chris

On 29 Jun 2014, at 18:05, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
>     When I was stationed at Dyess AFB, there was an emergency landing of a 
> B-52D that had one wingtip (outrigger) gear stuck in the up position.  The 
> solution was to deplete the fuel, then land and catch the wingtip with a 
> flatbed semi (ie - articulated) truck racing down the edge of the runway.  It 
> worked, but I would not have wanted to be the driver of the truck.

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