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American Aero Update
Posted by Ryan Harris on Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:33:49 AM
In reply top Re: Not the end of the world, no... posted by Ryan Harris on Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:28:27 AM
I'll just paste it the latest little blurb from the American Aero website:
On September 25, 2003 the F4U flew for the second time.
After a flawless flight, in preparation for landing, the right main gear refused to come all the way down.
Many attempts to extend it failed.
The decision was made to do a gear up landing.
The test pilot Dale Snodgrass did an incredible job of gently setting down the aircraft.
Damage was very minimal limited to the propeller and flaps with a light scraping of the tail gear doors.
Post incident investigation is on going but it appears a failure of the hydraulic restrictor in the gear system may be the cause.