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Pictured: Fireball terror as passenger jet with faulty landing gear crash-lands on runway
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| 9-14-09
| Allen Hall
Posted on 09/14/2009 8:26:26 PM PDT by 444Flyer
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To: 444Flyer
Thanks for the pic. Amazing landing, amazing pilot. And passengers ‘largely’ uninjured. A happy ending to a scary situation.
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:46:00 PM PDT
by
fortunecookie
(Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
To: 444Flyer
I love stories about Fokkers almost as much as stories about Uranus. The jokes write themselves.
“Fokker? I barely knew her!” ... etc.
Glad no one was hurt
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:46:56 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: 444Flyer
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To: spodefly
Bennet? Hell, I broke it!
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To: spodefly
“Glad no one was hurt.”
Incredible really, looking at those pics.
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:50:23 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
To: spodefly
"It was like this....Fokkers at my 3 o'clock...Fokkers at my 9 o'clock....and Fokkers on my six....
(man that's a lot of Fokkers!)
...problem was...them Fokkers were Messerschmidts!
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:50:59 PM PDT
by
Niteflyr
("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you". (except for sex)
To: fortunecookie
The pilot deserves a lot of credit. A Hero.
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:52:04 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
To: 444Flyer
Wow! Look at that Fokker go!!!
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:52:47 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 236 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: freedumb2003
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:53:48 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: I see my hands
Why not land on the lawn?Grass and dirt are not predictable in terms of how the aircraft will behave when various parts dig in and others don't ... there is a better chance of keeping it straight on the runway.
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:54:17 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: null and void
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:54:38 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
To: AmericanInTokyo; 444Flyer
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:55:26 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
To: omega4179
Hello folks. Today on our station, we have veteran WWII ace pilot John joystick Tugger. Mr. Tugger, may I call you John?
Sure, go right ahead.
So, John, I understand you have a book out now that was written with some other WWII pilots, and it details some of the more thrilling dogfights you have all been through. Is that right?
Yes. We had gotten together a couple of years back and were retelling some of our war stories when someone came up with the idea for this book. The rest is history that can be purchased at Amazon.
Do you mind giving our listening audience one of your stories now?
Not at all, but if you dont mind Ill shorten it a bit compared to the book. We were flying escort for a daylight raid into Germany. We had already been in the air for quite a while and were getting close to the coast so we were watching, but the Germans had this tactic of coming at us out of the sun to cover their approach. Before I knew it four of these fokkers were coming right at me...
Allow me to interrupt here for a moment here, John. Fokker, spelled f-o-k-k-e-r was a manufacturer of aircraft for Germany. Isnt that right?
No, These fokkers were Messerschmitts.
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:56:03 PM PDT
by
70times7
(Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
To: 70times7
No, These fokkers were Messerschmitts.I took liberty in shortening the story...LOL!
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:57:28 PM PDT
by
Niteflyr
("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you". (except for sex)
To: spodefly
That makes sense. Thanks!
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To: 444Flyer
The pilot deserves a lot of credit. A Hero.Indeed, a little luck and a lot of skill and courage. Reminiscent of that pilot in NY, Sully.
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posted on
09/14/2009 8:58:00 PM PDT
by
fortunecookie
(Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
To: Niteflyr
I may have been late, darn ya, but only because I took the time to do the joke right.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:00:09 PM PDT
by
70times7
(Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
To: 70times7
I may have been late, darn ya, but only because I took the time to do the joke right.Actually all I really remembered was the punch line...paraphrased the rest...but you get credit for giving it full justice....:o)
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:01:55 PM PDT
by
Niteflyr
("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you". (except for sex)
To: 70times7
I may have been late, darn ya, but only because I took the time to do the joke right. I am so going to steal that line.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:02:40 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
To: Niteflyr
LOL - all ya really need is the punch line. The rest can be built to suit.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:05:54 PM PDT
by
70times7
(Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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