Originally Posted By Jays
Originally Posted By Gambalunga
Gripping stuff. Love the calm voice of the air traffic controller. The pilot was pretty calm too only calling in a PAN not a MAYDAY

A shame the undercarriage did not stand up to the landing.


I may be wrong but probably safer to crash land on rough ground wheels up. The whole thing seemed pretty calm. Not the best part of the country to lose your engine....I'd prefer East Anglia myself!


Ah! I had assumed it had a fixed undercarriage but I see from Googled photos that it folds back but still leaves the wheels exposed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-50_%281975%29

Last edited by Gambalunga; 07/01/13 04:31 PM.
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