The plane enthusiasts thread

[DaveReading]

Whilst on the subject of landings and things, there was an article in Aeroplane Monthly a few years ago concerning a B36 landing at Boscombe down. I am not too sure how it went but it was along these lines. The B36 was being guided in by air traffic control, height and distance from the runway. As it got closer the American pilot called out. " Gee! Your runway is rough!"
To which the air traffic controller replied. " What do you mean, You haven't reached the perimeter yet!"
The American pilot had mistaken the landing lights as the end of the runway and had landed in a field a 1/4 of a mile away.

 

[midlife]

That picture reminds me of the Cornfield Bomber

Shaun

 

[Illaveago]

That picture reminds me of the Cornfield Bomber

Shaun

Could you please explain what the Cornfield Bomber was?

 

[midlife]

F106 that gently landed itself in a Cornfield after the pilot ejected. Bizarre

There was also a plane that flew around Europe after the pilot ejected and had to be shot down but I'd have to Google that one.

Shaun

 

[Illaveago]

Is that a Delta Dagger? Or a Dart?

There was a story of a Chance Vought Crusader flying with its wings folded. I am not sure how the pilot got into that situation but he survived, that was in another magazine that I read, I have got it somewhere.

Geoff.

 

[midlife]

Is that a Delta Dagger? Or a Dart?

There was a story of a Chance Vought Crusader flying with its wings folded. I am not sure how the pilot got into that situation but he survived, that was in another magazine that I read, I have got it somewhere.

Geoff.

F106 so Delta Dagger

Area ruled from the start. I built a model of one years ago when I had a go at all the century series of fighters

Shaun

 

[Hover Fly]

There was also a plane that flew around Europe after the pilot ejected and had to be shot down but I'd have to Google that one.

There was a Harrier shot down by a Lightning because the driver had ejected and it was flying towards the German border, 1971ish, is that the one?

 

[Hover Fly]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/aUgK076pF5c

 

[vernon]

Is that a Delta Dagger? Or a Dart?

There was a story of a Chance Vought Crusader flying with its wings folded. I am not sure how the pilot got into that situation but he survived, that was in another magazine that I read, I have got it somewhere.

Geoff.

There was more than one. Some of the flights were planned.

http://theaviationist.com/2014/02/19/us-navy-fighters-folded-wings/

There's also the tale of an Israeli F15 jet fighter flying with one wing missing...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M359poNjvVA

 

[slowmotion]

Ladies and Gentlemen.....The Gimli Glider....
http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html

 

[Illaveago]

Ladies and Gentlemen.....The Gimli Glider....
http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html

There was another plane from Canada which had to make an emergency landing at the Azores after running out of fuel over the Atlantic. The plane was an Airbus A320, the second engine packed up 100 miles from land so they had to glide the rest of the way.

 

[DaveReading]

There was a Harrier shot down by a Lightning because the driver had ejected and it was flying towards the German border, 1971ish, is that the one?

Great story, but sadly it's an urban myth.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

It was an RAF Jaguar that got shot down by an RAF Phantom over Germany in 1983 - https://news.google.com/newspapers?...AIBAJ&sjid=a40DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6896,2312335&hl=en

 

[Illaveago]

I think that a Harrier was spotted flying down the Bristol Channel without a pilot.

 

[gbb]

1983, i happened to look out my window at home and saw a bright orange fireball in the sky, small because of the distance, but i thought ooer, what the heck was that ?
Later that day, news reported two Harriers collided near Eye village. 2 deaths i seem to remember...MOD summary ..
http://webarchive.nationalarchives....01_harrier_t4_xw926_and_gr3_xv795_23feb83.pdf

At Christian Salvesens in Woodston, Peterborough, it has a tallish block and i was sat in the canteen looking toward the brickpits towards Yaxley etc....i saw an A10, a regular sighting at that time, slow and low, coming towards me maybe a mile away. In the same moment, a Jaguar (IIRC) came low and very fast over the pits at 90 degrees to the A10.
Jesus, the A10 instantly pulled up and sideways and shot back where he came. Incredibly agile and seemed to react instantly.
Near miss ?, these guys were maybe less than a 1/4 mile apart. I don't think the Jaguar even changed course, probably didnt have time.
If they'd have hit, i suspect debris would have been showered all over the A1139 coming off the A1. Closest ive ever seen two aircraft unwittingly together.