Plane flips for safety

[@axelboneta1675]

Best short-field landing ever.

[@andrewwilkey6195]

when you come in flaps 60 and forget to flare

[@thirdlutenist4956]

lol

[@oron61]

A little part of me was expecting to hear a car's burglar alarm start right after the plane flipped.

[@pauljs75]

Apparently you can't land most general aviation aircraft like an F-18. This breaks the plane.

[@kaizersoze]

+pauljs75 You couldn't even land a f-18 like this.

[@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489]

general aviation aircraft... like... an f-18. gtfo. lmao. XD

[@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489]

besides, i think most planes DO in fact land. I will leave the definition of landing up to you, but save for the ones that got lost in space(which I technically haven't seen) all of them have come down, or burned up...

[@oron61]

Well, you CAN, but...

[@UCs6ktlulE5BEeb3vBBOu6DQ]

you can see the wings were able to provide some lift or at least drag to affect the speed during the descent.

[@whopperlover1772]

+Daniel Lelievre I'm not completely sure what you are talking about. The plane was connected to the ropes the whole way down.

[@camdenlink5244]

The one pilot who takes STOL very seriously:

[@mulymule12]

right rudder, RIGHT RUDDER! SAMIR YOU’RE KILLING THE PLANE!

[@BadaBing.UCF30]

You should time lapse the staff painting the polka dots on a vehicle. Would be pretty interesting.

[@spud1252]

Looks like one of my landings

[@pixelapse9613]

Ryanair at it's finest

[@delawarepilot]

ouch.... that was a lot rougher then the last one

[@stimkytbh6925]

Ryanair has joined the voice chat

[@Jiuhuashan]

I wonder what the telemetry data from the test dummies show about the survivability of that impact.

[@NASALANGLEY]

+Jiuhuashan The test engineers say the data indicated the impact was severe, but survivable.

[@SL64VR]

OMG😯

[@blackburst1]

What kind of descent rates are we seeing on impact here and what is the forward speed? Just wondering what type of real world incident this would be comparable to?

[@NASALANGLEY]

+Blackburst Entertainment The plane hit at about 55 miles an hour - a severe, but survivable crash. (In engineer speak - it was 80 Feet per second with speeds of 30 feet per second vertical and 74 feet horizontal.)

[@blackburst1]

***** So nearly a 4,400 ft/min descent rate (VSI), with an airspeed around 47 knots. Seems like a situation a pilot may encounter being forced down by severe wind shear or a stall on short final. Thanks for the info

[@Phili2012]

Or a Ryanair landing with a new recruit FO

[@schumbo8324]

Pilot: Justin Littell anyone? :D

[@NASALANGLEY]

+Ecver AUCWE Justin was the test engineer for all three crash tests this summer. He is a licensed pilot in real life, who has never crashed a plane (except in tests).

[@nkwlde6978]

@@NASALANGLEY oh I see

[@thibaulthuens8766]

Ryanair landing 😂

[@jenniferdelmundo1233]

Actually the plane crashed