Interesting landing today

[olfart]

On a return trip from Greenland aboard a C-118 (rear-facing seats, Navy crew) we landed at Gander, Newfoundland. We taxied up in front of the terminal, and as the last engine was spinning down, we began standing up to grab our bags. That's when the nosewheel collapsed. The seaman who was about to open the rear door was thrown over the first row of seats into the laps of the second row. No injuries, and we all got a good laugh out of it. We got to spend the night in the Visiting Officers Quarters, which was like the Hilton compared to our barracks at Camp Tuto, Greenland, or even our barracks at Ft. Belvoir. A replacement C-118 arrived the next morning and completed our journey home.

 

[SMSgt]

That pic obviously was from the previous century. Check those gas prices!

Obviously before fuel trucks were invented.

 

[kaaskop49]

Yes, Steve. My 1st flight to LV Jan 31 0r Feb 1 of 2008. Pilot had wheels down making final approach to McCarren when he suddenly gunned the engines and pulled up violently to the left. Came on PA: apologized but another plane illegally jumped into the landing queue. Not a word about it on the ground... Our airport is smack in the middle of the city. At some point, I fear, there will be a disaster, even more so on the ground.

Kaaskop49
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[swsig]

I've only experienced one aborted landing, at Phoenix. The approach seemed normal, and the pilot said nothing, so I don't know what happened. I did experience an aborted takeoff, at Nashville. That was scary. I was on a 727, and as we were accelerating down the runway, there was a huge BOOM from the center engine's air intake directly above my head. The pilots brought the plane to a violent halt, made even scarier by the 100-foot cliff below the end of the runway. As we taxied back toward the terminal, the captain announced that the boom was probably a backfire and that all instruments were reading as normal. We then proceeded to taxi by the terminal and lined up for another takeoff. I've rarely been nervous on an aircraft, but this time, I'll admit I was . Down the runway we went again toward the 100 foot cliff, but this time there was no BOOM, and the 727 lifted off and flew perfectly thereafter. Whew!

 

[dusty3030]

You should have started chanting loudly toga! Toga! Toga! Toga!

 

[Retired W4]

If he had only set his trim properly before starting his take off roll.
Picture compliments of the NTSB for the folks that hate to fly. Luckily the pilot was the only one on board.View attachment 782834

I've only experienced one aborted landing, at Phoenix. The approach seemed normal, and the pilot said nothing, so I don't know what happened. I did experience an aborted takeoff, at Nashville. That was scary. I was on a 727, and as we were accelerating down the runway, there was a huge BOOM from the center engine's air intake directly above my head. The pilots brought the plane to a violent halt, made even scarier by the 100-foot cliff below the end of the runway. As we taxied back toward the terminal, the captain announced that the boom was probably a backfire and that all instruments were reading as normal. We then proceeded to taxi by the terminal and lined up for another takeoff. I've rarely been nervous on an aircraft, but this time, I'll admit I was . Down the runway we went again toward the 100 foot cliff, but this time there was no BOOM, and the 727 lifted off and flew perfectly thereafter. Whew!

When there is a compressor stall (back fire?) on a turbo-jet engine the engine temp goes off the chart. The pilot must not have been looking at that gauge.

 

[Astro14]

Landing in Reykjavik at night for fuel in the late 50s ,4 prop (DC 6?) all you could see was water.Didn’t bother me,I was a kid

You sure it wasn’t Keflavik? Reykjavik airport has a very short runway, in downtown Reykjavik. Most commercial traffic, even in the 1950s, lands in Keflavik, about 30 km southwest of Reykjavik, and on runway 10, it’s water under you all the way in, until the last minute.