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Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
Wow! That is pretty sweet, looked like a hard landing though.
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Looked fine to me, just like how any airline touchdown is actually.
I'd never seen footage of a Harrier doing that, outside of True Lies of course.
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What's so out of the ordinary wit that video? Its a standard Harrier Landing....I am missing something?
Like I already said, I've never seen a Harrier landing video before. I don't think it's something people come across too often.
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Here you go Phil, just do a Youtube search..pretty common bro. lol
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... rch=Search
I know it's there if you LOOK for it, but since I never did, I've never seen it, or, like I said, "came across" it.
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"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
Ronald Reagan
That's wild. How high can they go vertically?
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Wow, that one's actually a lot cooler than mine. :)
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
Eh, I guess I was thinking more along the lines of how hard a helicopter touches down.
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They cut the power a few feet off the ground....typical carrier slamming it into the deck ;)
As per how high they go....not high in vertical. The engine needs water injection to cool the engine as it is over 100% power and would destroy the engine by melting down without the water. The water also gives more power because the water does not compress but displaces more air. They would use this technology with the old 707's (if you ever saw the really Really REALLY THICK BLACK SMOKE DURING TAKEOFF (water injection). I believe the harrier carrys less than a minute of water for hover landings.
Just some typical harrier landing.... everything but typical for any other aircraft. This aircraft is a tricky beast and can quickly become a widowmaker.
The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".
Fred, I read the last line of your post with the voice of John Brunell in my head from Most Shocking Police Video. lol
A minute of hover time doesn't sound like all that much, if they use that water for takeoff and landing.
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You also have to remember the time for hover is not much but they do not use it for takeoff. They usually do a rolling takeoff as vertical is really not possible with a full load. Plane is easier to hover empty but still takes over 100% power.Originally Posted by Phil D.
The drama is not from me....but when the stakes are up, and the thrust vectoring is down.... Only the best need to apply for the Harriers water burning, adrenaline pumping, gravity defying muscle of the plane that wanted to act like a helicopter.
The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".
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