F1-11 Wheels Up Landing

[Timmeh]

I did a search and couldn't find a thread on this, so here it goes:

The Defence Force Imagery Group has finally released official photos of the F-111 incident from earlier this week. For those who weren't aware, one of our F-111s had an airborne emergency when a wheel departed the aircraft on takeoff (and struck an EF Falcon). The pilot was a mere two weeks out of his conversion course in which he learned to fly the F-111.

The decision was made to do a wheels up arrested landing, which gives us some great photos. The landing appeared very smooth to those watching, but the pilot reported that apparently it was rather rough.

Onto the photos:











This isn't the first cable arrestment of an F-111 with landing gear problems. Previously a Pig effected a cable arrestment when its nose landing gear failed to extend.



And of course, it doesn't take long for the media to jump on board!



Hope you found that interesting. Regards, Timmeh!