john Szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote in
news:XnsA634857C510CFjohnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131:
> Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
> news:nkrg2o01j8u@drn.newsguy.com:
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>> In article <XnsA6346D4D41302johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131>, john
>> Szalay says...
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>>>Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in news:nkrbe2019n1
>>>@drn.newsguy.com:
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>>>> ...
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>> Never would have happened if the brakes had been checked/adjusted by
>> Midas!
>>
>> ...just sayin'
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> On the first NACA research flight of airplane #52-5778, pilot Scott
> Crossfield had to make a powerless "deadstick" landing following an
> engine fire warning. This was something North American's own test
> pilots doubted could be done, for the early F-100 lacked flaps and
> landed "hot as hell." Crossfield followed up the flawless approach and
> landing by coasting off the lakebed, up the ramp, and then through the
> front door of the NACA hangar, frantically trying to stop the F-100A,
> which had used up its emergency brake power. Crossfield missed the
> NACA X fleet, but crunched the nose of the aircraft through the
> hangar's side wall. It is reported that Chuck Yeager then proclaimed
> that while the sonic wall had been his, the hangar wall was
> Crossfield's!
> The hangar wall and the F-100A were repaired, and the airplane flew
> again.
>
The stories! What would there be without the stories!
That one is primo! Scotty and Chuck. Wow.
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