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12-09-2006, 12:27
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| Junior Officer   |  We pay people money to do this? At about 10 p.m. local time on May 8, 2006, a 7th Bomb Wing B-1B Lancer based at Dyess AFB, Texas, made a wheels-up belly landing on runway 31 at Diego Garcia, skidding 7,500 feet down the runway. The aircraft was landing at the end of an 11 hour ferry mission that started at Andersen AFB, Guam. During the landing, the B-1B caught fire and emergency crews extinguished the flames. The four-person aircrew escaped from the plane through the overhead escape hatch. The aircraft was finally removed from the runway 4 days later. The Air Force Accident Investigation concluded the pilots forgot to lower the landing gear. The USAF estimated the damage to the B-1B at $7.9 million, and the damage to the runway at $14,025. RBRM and those old SEABEES made one tough runway, that's for sure! For those of you who've never seen a $285,000,000.00 bomber on the deck, here she is: B-1 Recovery, Diego Garcia
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12-09-2006, 13:36
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| Icing Queen   | Re: We pay people money to do this? FORGOT to lower the landing gear!!!!  The others in the crew should beat him to a pulp!
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12-09-2006, 14:09
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| Junior Officer | Re: We pay people money to do this? Quote:
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12-09-2006, 14:21
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| Non-Commissioned Officer   | Re: We pay people money to do this? I'm willing to bet that at the very minimum the pilot and co-pilot are going to get some very bad OERs. I would not be surprised Letters of Reprimand or Article 15s start flying on this one.
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12-09-2006, 14:30
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| Junior Officer  | Re: We pay people money to do this? A lot of former military pilots that are multi engine qualified are hired by civilian airlines. Do you think this accident will affect the pilots chances for civilian employment ? I'm pretty sure the pilot couldn't say a dog ate his check list.
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12-12-2006, 16:07
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| Non-Commissioned Officer  | Re: We pay people money to do this? Naw, it was a dare... 
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