Reverse angle in this news report
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8474634 ... re-airportNote 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.htmlAnd click through for some photos of mine of an engine run a few months before the incident
Mighty 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.