WalMart Learjet Makes Emergency Landing
08-26-2009, 09:15 PM
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WalMart Learjet Makes Emergency Landing
Curious if WalMart pays its pilots the same way it pays a greeter, for example.
A more technical question is whether fire is always inevitable when the front landing gear locks up?
A more technical question is whether fire is always inevitable when the front landing gear locks up?
From Associated Press:
A Learjet made an emergency landing this morning at Boeing Field in Seattle, and the front landing gear locked up and caught fire.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus told KCPQ that firefighters extinguished the flames with foam, and the pilot escaped without injuries.
The Learjet 45, registered to Wal-Mart, had taken off for Anchorage. It immediately returned when the pilot was unable to retract the front landing gear.
A Learjet made an emergency landing this morning at Boeing Field in Seattle, and the front landing gear locked up and caught fire.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus told KCPQ that firefighters extinguished the flames with foam, and the pilot escaped without injuries.
The Learjet 45, registered to Wal-Mart, had taken off for Anchorage. It immediately returned when the pilot was unable to retract the front landing gear.
08-30-2009, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by F172Driver
Im confused, how can the front landing gear lock up? They are talking about the nose gear right?
just like any other L. Gear. they are hydraulically actuated. does the jetblue incident in Cali ring a bell to you?
08-31-2009, 07:18 PM
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did they buy the airport renegotiate the fees fire all the workers who were there for years, open a million sqare feet, and start a cheer at the begining of each day, all the while saving a few bucks....thats what i want to know....
08-31-2009, 07:45 PM
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The local news reports that the crash crews could see the nose wheel wasn't straight on approach. So I'm guessing wheel peels off and the rim grinds down with sparks and smoke.
What, your plane doesn't have nose brakes?
What, your plane doesn't have nose brakes?
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