Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

[AAFO_WSagar]

Entirely but VERY cool... didn't know a -47 could do that!

[FlyKidChris]

Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

IIRC, a UAL 747 landed at LAX several years ago with both wing main gears retracted. So it landed on only 2 of the 4 main landing gears.

[goldfinger]

Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

Entirely but VERY cool... didn't know a -47 could do that!

And made it a carrier landing to boot!

[laminar]

Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

Cool video, thanks for posting.

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

And made it a carrier landing to boot!

LOL... he did drop it in a bit didn't he!

[Dudewanarace]

Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

LOL... he did drop it in a bit didn't he!

Wonder if he was trying to 'Jolt' it out? I thought about that, if I ever had a nose gear stuck, I'd attempt a pretty good bounce on the mains. A bounce like G-load is pretty damn hard to reproduce while in flight.

[goldfinger]

Re: Virgin 747-400 Gear Failure - Emergency Landing

Wonder if he was trying to 'Jolt' it out? I thought about that, if I ever had a nose gear stuck, I'd attempt a pretty good bounce on the mains. A bounce like G-load is pretty damn hard to reproduce while in flight.

So imagine if that had worked. He hits hard, bounces up 6 feet while the right main pops out from the G load, then he settles back down on all four mains! That'd have to go viral!