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Just found this on Youtube. Great job by the pilot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh1NTT2kV9M


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Reverse angle in this news report
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8474634 ... re-airport

Note if it had gone badly at touchdown, the fire engines seen would have been much closer to the likely stop point in those circumstances.

History of this special T-28 (with P&W R2000)
http://mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2016/ ... k-tgn.html

And click through for some photos of mine of an engine run a few months before the incident

ImageMighty P&W R-2000 by Errol Cavit, on Flickr

From memory, the gear lever was jammed, and couldn't be moved in flight. However once lifted up, the gear was lowered and it was towed off for (still ongoing) repair.


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