Author Topic: Mayday Mayday Mayday!!! EHM F1 PP Event Flight E028  (Read 3894 times)

EHM-1821 Javier

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Mayday Mayday Mayday!!! EHM F1 PP Event Flight E028
« on: July 07, 2007, 09:06:54 am »
Just flew the flight a few hours before qualifying for the race began. As for the title, you'll just have to scrolldown and see ;)

Leaving Lyon on a beautiful morning...


As we turn onto the runway, the weather couldn't be better!



Rotate!


As we climb to FL340, the sun rises higher into the sky, shining brighter and brighter...



Flying over France...


As are halfway through our descent, we cross the English Channel...


Even oil tankers are working...


As we approach the runway, something goes terribly wrong!

The landing gear does not deploy fully! :o

After a failed bid manually pumping out the gear and pulling Gs to get the landing gear out, we have no choice but to make a belly landing...

Might be having second thoughts at this point...


At this point, it is clear we have no other option...


Luckily, the aircraft touched down at a vertical speed of -190ft/min, soft enough for the aircraft to take


After grinding to a halt, we inspect the damage to the aircraft...




This won't be my last F1 PP Event flight phew!!! :]

Heres the video of the landing:

EHM-1671 Ben

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Mayday Mayday Mayday!!! EHM F1 PP Event Flight E028
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2007, 09:49:26 am »
That's intense! Glad to hear the tour will still go on though ;)

Well done to the 'Mighty Javier Goh' ;D

EHM-2101 Tarik

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Mayday Mayday Mayday!!! EHM F1 PP Event Flight E028
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2007, 07:14:41 pm »
Nice pics indeed! :>

Offline EHM-1883 Matt

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« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2007, 09:20:00 pm »
wow! Well done Javier! The belly landing was executed perfectly!

Offline EHM-0471 Peter

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« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2007, 07:31:43 pm »
Javier, you have all my admirations for this perfectly executed belly landing. That's a pilot indeed!

Peter LGAV HM

EHM-1343 Jonathan

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« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2007, 09:44:59 pm »
well executed!!!...very nice...