Here's a link to a BEAUTIFUL belly landing of a Navy plane.

[napi21]

http://www.wvec.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wvec.com/cod_emergency.wmv

It's a Breaking News video from Norfolk I think.

I gotta hand it to the pilot of this baby!

[MuseRider]

1. Nice job!

Thanks.

[Kolesar]

2. "mission accomplished"

Oh...never mind...

[true_notes]

3. One Word...WOW!

it's a good thing it was a flat belly!

[Clintmax]

4. Holey Moley!

That WAS a beautiful belly landing! It didn't skid in any direction and there was no fire! That pilot rocks!

[Not_Giving_Up]

5. This happened last week

My brother is stationed in Norfolk and told me about it Thursday, I think.

[no_to_war_economy]

6. buy that pilot a beer!

and a hooker for that landing!

[ohio_liberal]

8. Yep, it was last week

MSNBC had a live feed during Hardball.

[trof]

7. Nice! A squadron mate belly landed one of these:

It's an RF-84/F. We were flying them in the Alabama Air National Guard back in the 60s and early 70s.

He had a hydraulic system failure and couldn't get the gear down.
The two 450 gallon belly fuel tanks were empty.
He landed on the tanks.

There was no fire. Mechanics jacked up the airplane, manually lowered the gear, and towed it to the hangar. It was back in service in a couple of days.

[Kolesar]

9. Wow. Nice pair!

Did they foam the runway or did he have to land on dry pavement?