F-15 off the end of the runway at Klamath Falls no injuries
Sun May 28, 2023 12:28 am
https://www.kdrv.com/news/top-stories/p ... fd68f.html
The link above is for the local TV coverage which doesn’t say much even in the video. I would assume that the aircraft suffered a hydraulic failure of some sort. I used to fly tankers out of K Falls and the runway is almost embarrassingly long. Of course that’s assuming that the F-15 touched down somewhere in the first 1/3 of the runway. At least they got it out of the canal.
I lost the brakes on landing in a B-17 once and it’s a truly helpless feeling. No matter how long the runway is you can never get the airplane to stop. My copilot finally had to heave a wheel chock through the front entrance door and against the left main wheel before we finally stopped rolling. The F-15 pilot did manage to avoid going into the approach lights.
IMG_7656 by tanker622001, on Flickr
IMG_7662 by tanker622001, on Flickr
IMG_7654 by tanker622001, on Flickr
The link above is for the local TV coverage which doesn’t say much even in the video. I would assume that the aircraft suffered a hydraulic failure of some sort. I used to fly tankers out of K Falls and the runway is almost embarrassingly long. Of course that’s assuming that the F-15 touched down somewhere in the first 1/3 of the runway. At least they got it out of the canal.
I lost the brakes on landing in a B-17 once and it’s a truly helpless feeling. No matter how long the runway is you can never get the airplane to stop. My copilot finally had to heave a wheel chock through the front entrance door and against the left main wheel before we finally stopped rolling. The F-15 pilot did manage to avoid going into the approach lights.
IMG_7656 by tanker622001, on FlickrIMG_7662 by tanker622001, on FlickrIMG_7654 by tanker622001, on Flickr
Re: F-15 off the end of the runway at Klamath Falls no injur
Sun May 28, 2023 8:35 am
Looks like someone will be getting a F-15 gate guard soon!