Tucson International Airport (TUS, KTUS)

[F-16_fixer]

Nice and eager with the clamshells I see.

He actually had them open about 5 frames before this one 

Were the mains touching pavement five frames earlier as well?  I thought there had to be weight on wheels for the clamshells to deploy?

Nope they popped open the moment he touched down which tells me he had them armed and as soon as the WOW switch engaged they deployed.  He rode the the mains down the runway for quite a while.  Actually it was a very odd landing, he came is super slow and touched down way far down the runway then hot dogged it half the way down before setting the nose down. 

[wingsnstuff]

Fighter pilot...Air Force Fighter Pilot.   

[Joe Copalman]

Sounds A LOT like that hairy JPATS 737 that landed long at Tegucigalpa a few years back and almost ran off the runway.  Unfortunately, the video of the incident has been deleted from YouTube, but the photo that used to be linked to it (including bickering comments from former employees) can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/msvideopro/3264324474/

[F-16_fixer]

This video?  If so....WOW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJoXMcehrYo

[F-16_fixer]

Sorry fixed now.

[Joe Copalman]

Yup!  That's the one.  Thanks for hunting it down, as the one I had saved as a favorite has been deleted.

[Jay Beckman]

Little fast over the fence maybe!?  Holy Cow!!

(Did you see all those forlorne DC-3s in the background when he taxied back?)

[F-16_fixer]

Yup!  That's the one.  Thanks for hunting it down, as the one I had saved as a favorite has been deleted.

No problem.  I just searched Youtube by the tail number. 

Two things here.. first why not deploy spoilers to get it on the ground right away and second why not TOGA??

[Jay Beckman]

I'll bet a dollar if you listen to the cockpit voice recorder, all you'll hear for the last 20 seconds is:
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"
"I Got It"

[jslugman]

A little precision dirt moving about to happen: Snipers and JDAMS.


ANG/AFR General Dynamics F-16C 86-0212 Fighting Falcon AATC KTUS by James O'Rear acm2102 by James "JSlugman" O'Rear, on Flickr


ANG/AFR General Dynamics F-16C 86-0211 Fighting Falcon AATC KTUS by James O'Rear acm2101 by James "JSlugman" O'Rear, on Flickr

[bilwor]

Lighting up the mountain


Away we go!

[F-16_fixer]

Size Matters 

[cpasley]

I wonder if that guys metal detector went off when Big Bertha wizzed by

[jslugman]

Even less fun than a metal detector: weed whacker.

[cpasley]

HAHA it is a weed eater ,man looks like he has his work cut out for him then