Kip Powick Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Passed to me by an ex-pat who is enjoying his Captaincy on a 777 "It's so sad to see an airplane being retired. What's even more sad, is flying an airplane to a field from which it has absolutely zero chance of escape. For instance, flying a 747 into a field that is 50 feet wide and less than 5000 feet long - it will NEVER get off the ground again. I have to hand it to those pilots for trying! The plane is intended for a museum that's located at the field in South Africa and was donated by South Africa Airlines. The plane's name was Lebombo, and the crew landed only 0.9 meters from the intended touch down zone (not bad for half a million pounds moving at over 110 knots!). Crew names: Captain: Dennis Spence Captain: Stuart Lithgow Senior First Officer: Phil Parsons Senior Flight Engineer Officer: Dennis McDermott Chief Flight Engineer Officer: Peter Kiely Oh, if you don't believe the strip is 50 feet wide, consider that the landing gear is 41.3 feet wide when you see the second picture." There are 3 pictures in this thread...see below for next two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dork Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Wow. Now those are great photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MikePapaKilo Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 So, they won the Spot Landing contest. How did they do in Flour Bombing ???? MPK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 That's some good flying! What do you think they are trying to say with the last photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Kip, I posted the pics last week in our new Gallery under Vintage Aircraft. Cheers Rattler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Starman Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 I think they're trying to say that they nailed the centreline, which is a good thing, considering that they only had a couple of feet to play with. It's also a good thing that they got it onto the runway before the "hump" which is visible in the photographs. It's one good piece of flying... And for anyone who thinks that it's no big deal to hit the centreline dead centre in a 747; consider for a moment that it is 47 feet eye to wheel height which is only 3 feet less than the width of the runway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.0EPR Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Thats some good flying.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airband Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 What do you think they are trying to say with the last photo? "No more stupid bets, ok?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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