This incident actually happened almost 3 weeks ago, but this is the first time I've seen any pictures of it. An A-10 Warthog from Moody AFB performed this belly landing at Edwards AFB on March 25 after the pilot declared an in-flight emergency during a Green Flag sortie out of Nellis AFB (that's a lot of AFBs). The pilot was unharmed, but the aircraft and the runway have some issues to work out.
Note how they have the right main chocked. Where's it going to go? And what happened to the gun barrels?
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
A-10 gear up landing pictures
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take a look at the gun barrels on top pic. looks like they almost came out.
The gun damage is from an in-flight malfunction, not landing; this caused the nose gear, which is in close proximity to the nose gun, to to be unable to extend. If you look at the sensor on the righ-hand side of the nose, there are no scratches/dings, so the pilot was able to keep the nose off the runway.
It's a good thing they chocked the right main. Dont want that thing rolling away. LMAO
Any landing you can WALK away from..... is a good one.
Some you just don't brag about.
Actually, they should have chocked both mains since the aircraft is still resting on it's wheels. A good breeze might pivot it into someone or nearby vehicle.
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