Landing Question for You Armchair Quarterbacks
Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:26 pm
If your airplanes breaks in half upon landing do you get credited to 2 landing or do you divide 1 landing by 3 pieces for 1/3 
Ens R. Black VF-5 USS Yorktown 11-43
Ens R. Black VF-5 USS Yorktown 11-43
Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:39 pm
Whatever the armchair guys come up with - it looks like a good landing 'cause the pilot looks to be mostly ok.
Ryan
Ryan
Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:56 pm
In the proper nomenclature, I rate the landing "OK-3". As far as I'm concerned, the tail ended up over where the 3-wire would be today, so he did his job. 
Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:50 pm
Bet he's STILL writing up that snag!
Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:02 pm
.........I've read of guys flying shot-up airplanes back to the carrier before, but geeez 
Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:17 pm
Now that's what I call a tail-dragger! 
SN
SN
Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:52 pm
It's only a good landing if you can re-use the aircraft. He is awarded only half a mission as he only brought home half of an airplane. Boy, you folks don't know anything!
Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:01 pm
and a good "starter" project by today's standards
greg v.
greg v.
Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:05 pm
Amen to that!
Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:54 am
Fa-fa -fa-flight officer Fa-fa-fa-Flannigan says " I don't care how many fa-fa-fa-freakin pieces land on the deck....you only get credit for one fa-fa-fa-friggin landing!"