Very Bumpy Landing Of RC-135U Combat Sent at RAF Mildenhall from Sept 7th

Very Bumpy Landing Of RC-135U Combat Sent at RAF Mildenhall from Sept 7th
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[@jonhall9000]

He’s now chief pilot at RyanAir.

[@NikCan66]

Now the Ryanair safety department trainer

[@crusader2.0_loading89]

Lol

[@Nawabid]

Bro, the guy is a CEO....

[@deez1321]

@@bfc3057 yeah because hes too overqualified

[@marcs990]

Believe it or not but Ryanair are actually one of the top payers regarding aircrew in the world & actually attracts some of the best pilots although yes it is a budget airline with no frills, but you don’t see that from the cockpit.

[@spiritdancer1699]

Now I'm no expert but it looks like he wasn't far off from doing some serious damage at least.

[@TS-ev1bl]

Luckily that's not a very valuable or expensive aircraft (cough cough)

[@terry9325]

I’m not a pilot but I take my hat of to these brave pilots having to take off and land in all types of weather ,brave and skilled men and women every one of them .

[@jonah1234567891]

this guy wasn't one of them

[@Unsound_advice]

My hats off to the poor seats in the back that all need new cushions now.

[@drgLACity]

Even on clear sunny days

[@ryancourt8065]

Captain: "Thank you for flying with us, regarding the landing... remember it wasn't my fault... it wasn't your fault... it was the asphalt."

[@gmalecastro9976]

😂

[@trfmusic902]

HAHAHAHA good one!

[@Rumblegrumbler]

LOL

[@triumphdave2449]

She was only the road menders daughter, but she did like her asphalt.

[@maurocoimbra9624]

Great!!!

[@bobsurgranny]

Woah that was a close one

[@watchgoose]

wo ah? try "whoa".

[@alexandermakrianis]

@@watchgoose who cares? I knew what he meant!

[@Walter_E_Kurtz]

@@watchgoose Concentrate on not being such an asshole.

[@sachavere220]

@@Walter_E_Kurtz 100%👍🤣

[@pedroisctube]

@@Walter_E_Kurtz Kkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@johannmckraken9399]

Nice to see the C-135/707 platform still earning its keep! 🇺🇸

[@richardharrold9736]

The 135s are based on the narrow body 367 rather than the 707...

[@yourworstnightmareiscathoc7015]

Shit Man, that's not a Chinese assembled Aircraft?

[@Hawker900XP]

I’m sure the crew was in a deep discussion taxing in. Left the flaps extended.

[@sterlinghunter9651]

Had landings like that before... And usually there isn't much said on taxi back to the spot haha! Had one landing like that at Offutt and it set off the crash lights it bounced so hard. 😳

[@hawaiiboysz]

The flaps are left extended for a reason

[@alexmathis8505]

@@sterlinghunter9651 Exactly, if anything I'd think it would be a rather silent cockpit lol. It's already happened, they already know what went wrong. Might discuss it during crew debrief if they do that.

[@jodygotyourgirlngone]

@@sterlinghunter9651 Meanwhile...Offutt's runway is currently being totally removed and re-done as we speak....

[@timram2568]

Definitely a crosswind landing- on the approach the camera is looking right down the aircraft’s centerline meaning the pilot was crabbing to port. Over-pitched the flare and as a result the plane landed hard on the mains with the crab still in and putting the aircraft in danger of a runway excursion. Nose gear made hard contact and pilot used hard rudder to correct. Inertia caused the aircraft to raise the starboard wing and dip the port wing into ground contact on the engine nacelle which may have actually helped bring the plane to wings level and deploy the spoilers.

[@alexmathis8505]

He over-pitched the flare because his sink rate was f'ing insane lol. Still didn't have time to truly flare and buried it.

[@leigh6113]

I concur TJ good analysis, in the end all is well and the PIC more than likely just walks away with his tail between his legs just thinking "why did i not just go around when i had the chance". I for one have thought the same on many occasion, we're all human

[@thevirtualcockpit5001]

Possibly a katabatic wind event at the threshold or flare? Clearly flying into the port wing after it lifted coming over the fence, but at the flare it looks like some ground effects and lift. Power is already retarded and the plane settles hard, but then the starboard wing lifts abruptly leading to possible strike. That's a hard call people. Here at KMMH we get vicious katabatics that have resulted in several excursions and more than one aircraft upside down in the pucker brush. Just thinkin' out loud, but overall looks like they had their hands full on this one judging by the hard rudder inputs when that starboard wing came up hard and sudden.

[@jmoney1095]

I think it was most likely a case of not pulling the power to idle. Came in with extra speed for maybe a gust factor, or some other reason, and forgot to idle the power. There was significant delay in the spoilers coming up, and you can hear the sound of the engines idling reach the camera a couple seconds later. A landing on a good day without spoilers is scary let alone a windy one.

[@richardbrooks50]

There is no crosswind you can see the grass/weeds are almost motionless

[@AndreiTupolev]

Definitely a two-point landing - on the nosewheel and the #1 engine nacelle 🙊

[@jpzehner]

That why nacelle round like wheel. *burp*

[@anttiruo]

Absolutely no way of knowing that.

[@AndreiTupolev]

@@anttiruo i think you're taking things too literally

[@elementboy212]

@@anttiruo You absolutely can tell it impacted, look at the wing bounce back at 0:26. That #1 engine pod was toast.

[@LJDRVR]

So much awesome input from so many highly qualified and experienced heavy drivers. We are so lucky to have this rank amateur analysis of something none of you are capable of doing.

[@danp4175]

Is this the pilot from this video speaking? 🤣

[@alexmathis8505]

@@danp4175 Of course, it's captain johnson! He drives 135's daily lmao. Given his infinite knowledge, I'm a bit surprised he didn't set everyone straight and actually explain what REALLY happened here! /sarcasm

[@MiguelAngel-nf5zy]

If you survive, it's been a good landing, if the plane survives it's been an outstanding landing!!!!!

[@donalfinn4205]

You ok hun?

[@davido1953]

but I have dozens of hours on a simulator!

[@CanadairCL44]

I bet that was fun for the guys in the rear cabin! Must have been a hell of a cross wind, judging from the extreme rudder inputs.

[@joebagadonuts5573]

Been through a lot like that when I was an IP at the CCTS (Combat Crew Training School) at Castle AFB for 5 years back in the late 70s. Trained brand new 2nd Lieutenants who were right out of pilot training and nothing bigger than a T37 or T38. Thousands of landings, not even counting the ones with multiple touchdowns, aka "bouncing"! Urban legend has it that Boeing machined the KC135 out of a solid block of cast iron.

[@pdanglea5447]

CEVG pilot used to use that expression a lot. Joe Bagofdonuts-phrase sticks with you.

[@JimEdds]

Go KC-135 ! I've got over 2 hrs of Zero-G in one at Ellington.

[@joebagadonuts5573]

@@pdanglea5447 I got that name from my first KC135 copilot of my first crew when I became an AC back in 1971.

[@joebagadonuts5573]

@@JimEdds Ah yes, the "Vomit Comet"!

[@iangoldstraw6002]

"Boomps- a - daisy !..its enough to make you weep "

[@geococcyx7543]

Undercarriage lever a bit sticky, was it sir?

[@hamshackleton]

They coluld train monkeys - - - !

[@teaandmedals]

... to fly better than that. xD

[@Lerequindemort]

@@geococcyx7543 nice...very nice. And very "niche" 👍🏻

[@orwellboy1958]

Ducker, ducker, ducker, ducker.

[@jimsorem114]

Stuff Happens, Got to experience this on a E3A while in the IP seat at Kadena, #3 and 4 cowling went to sheet metal for repair, paint, and buffing..we sure enjoyed the cold beer complements of AC..(Crew Chief 1980-1984)

[@karlstreed3698]

20+ years ago we almost lost this bird when it had to divert to Glasgow and the runway had standing water on it. They hydroplaned, blew out four tires and ground down four wheels. They finally got it stopped on the overrun. When I called to get the results of the flight my guy's first words out of his mouth were "We don't thing the plane is too badly damaged, the recovery crew just left on a C-130!"

[@patmower46]

Karl, I was the "Gunner" on that mission, and Brad Grubel was training an AMS!" - it was Dundee....remember eating in the Disco that night - in our FLIGHT suits.

[@mattdaugherty7865]

That landing definitely had a high "pucker factor"!

[@robjohnston_photo]

I imagine they are still unpuckering

[@pixamite1]

Pucker was off the scale guaranteed!

[@patmower46]

Ya Think? Remembering Dundee on that bird.....but she is sitll making big circle in the sky....and that was in the 80s!

[@rome288]

Mildehall gets some pretty stiff crosswinds. Landed a C-141 there once with the yoke turned all the way to the stop.

[@michaeladams9629]

We Had an emergency landing at Mildenhall RAF, serious hydraulic leak that didn’t allow the use of flaps, spoilers had to manually lower gear and only had emergency brakes. Also, could not jettison fuel as even with hydraulic systems turned off we still had spray/misting of hydraulic fluid in the cargo bay aft of the flap pack. Did I mention this was in a C141-A Lockheed Starlifter. Night time landing, over an hour and a half to get back to this base, so heavy landing, lots of fuel, oh and 50,000 lbs. of class A as the cargo. On long final we asked tower to turn down the ILS lights, the reply back was….the lights are off those lights are from all of the emergency vehicles. We ate up most all of the runway to include part of the overrun. Must say everyone on board was super professional……and wide eyed after that landing. Did I mention this was a reserve crew.

[@rome288]

@@michaeladams9629 Wow, that's quite a story! I flew B's and C's in the reserves for 13 years. I didn't have any major systems issues until my unit converted to C-5As. Section 3 of the C-5 dash-1 was well used.

[@keithcornell692]

i was at raf mildenhall in the 1980's and saw a crew bounce a sr-71blackbird and those crews were majors & colonels with over 3,000hrs before they qaulified for the sr71 programme

[@michaelplanchunas3693]

As Brian Shull said: "You only have one chance at landing coming over the fence at 200 MPH and no fuel for a missed approach."

[@Redkoolaid402]

good thing this jet usually brings its own maintainers haha. Def going to need to do some checks after that!

[@PhantomMark]

That was a appalling , will be amazed if the engine cowls are untouched !

[@jrftworth]

The inboard engine cowl on the left wing was scraped up

[@trunkmonkey9417]

Hard to say, but I am not seeing a crab approach, no rudder deflection or "wing up" to indicate crosswind. I am suspecting the PIC was not aligned and tried to salvage, rather than go missed approach. From the way the aircraft yaws and then sets down on NLG and the transfer of inertia to the front makes control sketchy trying to keep the NLG under the aircraft, hence what looks like a "dutch roll" motion and came close to doing the "Flipper" (Porpoising) lucky to have gotten the WOW switches smashed and spoilers out. Buy maintenance a bunch of beer for the "special inspection"...

[@pjotrtje0NL]

Yes, there was a crabbed approach, not too hard to see actually. Given the fact that he flies very regularly to and from MHZ, he was aligned all the way - gusting winds are a b**** and then dancing on the nosewheel is indeed not very nice for everyone aft of 5m of the NLG

[@alexmathis8505]

His sink rate looked rather extreme for the entire approach, perhaps that was the initiating factor that gave them less time to stabilize and flare. They pretty much just buried it into the runway, didn't look like they were prepared for things to happen that fast and crab corrections to straighten out were a bit extreme as a result.

[@gendaminoru3195]

me thinks they just caught a gust, BUT driving the nose down is NOT the way to deal with that, and the PIO, yuk. it got real ugly there for a second

[@philipdartnell]

TM re "but I am not seeing a crab approach" I think you need to watch the video again. The aircraft is pretty much pointing directly at the camera! And the camera looks to be about 45º offset to the runway so there's a large amount of crab angle involved. Also when the smoke appears it immediately starts blowing to the right of the runway which further indicates this crew was dealing with a substantial crosswind from the left. Expect a gust made it all the more difficult during the flare but I also agree with Alex's comment that the sink rate looked pretty high. Probably should have gone around but all very easy to speculate on from the comfort of our armchairs.

[@trunkmonkey9417]

@@philipdartnell I did. The perspective was giving me fits, but watching it over I can see it.

[@danwiggins5580]

Not many of these RCs in the inventory - very important mission. Pilot's probably half the age of the airframe.

[@jonniez62]

Two Combat Sents

[@ad2181]

Wrong its Joe Biden.

[@armstronglance]

But most likely not half the age of those engines.

[@jonniez62]

@@armstronglance the engines are fairly new, within the last 15 years.

[@adrianpeters2413]

Important mission?!?!?! What? Oh yeah , of course , the Russians are going to invade at any moment, yeah of course, now it makes so much sence ,pounds shillings and pence, after all folks, god gets what God wants .....

[@Brad-mc7ut]

Wow Stu that was a nail biter! Good thing they didn't need your footage for an investigation.

[@MrFlashjet]

How he didn't lose that I just don't know, but he was literally inches (maybe millimeters) from disaster.

[@AirshowWorld]

My heart was in my mouth when filming that

[@Matterhorny]

@@AirshowWorld Literally?

[@therocinante3443]

@@Matterhorny yes, I'm sure he meant literally

[@triumphdave2449]

@@AirshowWorld I bet his lunch was in his flying suit.

[@toddholmes1487]

we had a similar incident here in Okinawa a few months back. Aircraft was down for several months. That is bad since i think there are only a few of them at Kadena. You can imagine in this part of the world how busy they are!!!

[@VegiRulez]

✈ Just another day @ the front desk 🙂Beautiful aircraft, btw 👌

[@roscoe9507]

I think the crosswind should have led to a the second runway, then the pilot would have had the wind head on. Bloody good landing I’d say, just see how hard the pilot is working that rudder

[@kurtpaul920]

That landing at its whole went wrong.!!Nose wheel first. Lucky pilot. That guy is most experinced. Not every pilot would have made it😳

[@roscoe9507]

@@kurtpaul920 exactly, a point well made by you sir, put a lot better than I

[@wings9925]

Woah! And one of only two RC-135Us in service, based at Offutt AFB Nebraska. Impressive

[@sterlinghunter9651]

Had a landing like that at Offutt and not a word was said during the roll out. As we were turning off the active a lone voice cracked over the intercom.... "Clean up, aisle 6" and the whole crew just lost it 🤣😂🤣😂

[@danapeck5382]

classic

[@williamkennedy5492]

Rumpby bumpy ride, and a heavy landing check too !

[@richd3044]

"Now ease her down. Down!" "I just want to tell you both good luck - we're all counting on you."

[@slcm0248]

Beautiful aircraft. God Bless America

[@jaybee9269]

Won’t comment on the landing but I bet those missions are fascinating!

[@georginahallett8716]

I got a picture of this one at LGSA (Chania Crete) on 23rd September....they must have gone there for a bit of R 'n R after that landing, and maybe a Metaxa or three ;-)

[@paulwebster3982]

Landed like they've had a few pints in the pub' Very well done to sort it out though & i had my hands over my eyes peeping at one point lol

[@quikstop4347]

Any landing you walk away from is a good one... and if you get to use the plane again, that’s a bonus!

[@manuelvillamil9809]

“Captain, the Wing Commander is on the phone asking for you… “. 😕

[@muffs55mercury61]

I lived in Oklahoma City for two years and saw these take off and land at Tinker AFB all the time. Reminded me of the 1960s & 70s when the ear piercing 707s were everywhere.

[@iriquiosgunship]

Any landing that you can walk away from is a good landing. 👍

[@geococcyx7543]

There's no shame in a go-around or a divert to an alternate.

[@jerrytahaviation]

Holy sh.t! That was close! Looked dangerous too, actually. Thank God the landing went well on the end...omg. 😅 Great video! Greetz 🙋🏽‍♂️

[@derekhightower1530]

Safty inspection I having to be done on that Aircraft as we speak, when had a KC-135 do almost the sma thing and it scrapped the engine cowling on #3,#4 engines.

[@cliverobinson4796]

Looking at the crabbing on approach, something was causing side-slip. The rest looks to me to be reaction flying. Good job I'd say. :)

[@robd2184]

There is no side slip ( although that can be used in a crosswind ), it was crabbing into wind due crosswind, and mishandled at the end. What is “ reaction flying “. Never heard that before ?

[@blueb0g]

> Something was causing side-slip. Like... a crosswind?

[@robinmyman]

Haven’t been flying long…did he put the nose down too soon/too heavily?

[@smurphy1977]

@@blueb0g No those pesky gremlins.

[@5taunch]

@@smurphy1977 haha

[@robinwells8879]

Significant crosswinds? Any landing that you walk away from is a good one. I think that it’s an OCU base so a lengthy debrief is probably in order

[@donadams8345]

No problem, that was just a, um, "tactical" landing.

[@lozza7478]

Wowzer! The front gear looks to have lots of bouncy suspension and the rudder action keeps going for ages even on taxi

[@malcolmcossar6447]

Hope the Aircrew in back kept their seatbelts fastened!😬(Obviously they did and Do👍!)

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Imagine a few pairs of under pants had to be changed saw similar at Heathrow sudden cross wind glad it was ok

[@Malakie]

OK just watched it a few times.. It looks like just as they hit runway, a major wind gust nailed them, they locked the brakes to try and bring the nose around.. WATCH as they straighten it out and look at the rudder even as they are back in control. That rudder is moving HARD RIGHT as each wind gust hits.. all they way into the turn off for the runway. As you watch the rudder, glance at the flowers on the ground.. You can see heavy gust of wind.. While I don't fly big boys like that, from my perspective in this video, it appears it was wind at the wrong place at the wrong time and these pilots were shit hot good to be able to recover that much force just at touch down.

[@josephwirtz8352]

At the 0:32-0:33, it looks like the far right engine emits a tannish/brownish plume of exhaust. Could this point to that particular engine contacting the ground earlier in the landing?

[@manh2704]

These have some issues landing in the wind, came out of Offutt 2 miles south of me. Watch them all the time. Always having to go back around haha

[@MarcNewitt]

Nearly went down to two operational airframes then! Got to treat the old girl with respect, those things aren't cheap!!

[@geococcyx7543]

Trust me, she's been through FAR worse than that since she started flying as an RC-135C in 1967.

[@TheFlyingExperience]

what are all those spokes at the top?

[@aussienscale]

Nice bit of crosswind !!

[@TH33QUALIZ3R]

Ooof! Sudden side-wind maybe? The weather was nice that day though if I recall?

[@smallworksbigbiker]

that looked like a close one

[@archerry6457]

Came straight to the comments for the pilot-simping; not disappointed.

[@beneluxairplanes]

holy crap ! the old girl gets a beating. great video

[@davidwilburn6314]

Will someone please comment on the many appendages and huge array of antennas? What kind of capabilities are we looking at here?

[@AirshowWorld]

Hi David, this might help RC-135U Combat Sent Mission The RC-135U Combat Sent provides strategic electronic reconnaissance information to the president, secretary of defense, Department of Defense leaders, and theater commanders. Locating and identifying foreign military land, naval and airborne radar signals, the Combat Sent collects and minutely examines each system, providing strategic analysis for warfighters. Collected data is also stored for further analysis by the joint warfighting and intelligence communities. The Combat Sent deploys worldwide and is employed in peacetime and contingency operations. Features All RC-135U aircraft are equipped with an aerial refueling system, giving it an unlimited flying range. Communication equipment includes high frequency, very high frequency, and ultra high frequency radios. The navigation equipment incorporates ground navigation radar, a solid state Doppler system, and an inertial navigation system that merges celestial observations and Global Positioning System data. Although the flight crew stations are similarly configured, the reconnaissance equipment is slightly unique within each airframe. The aircraft are identified by their distinctive antennae arrays on the "chin" and wing tips, large cheek fairings, and extended tail. Crew composition includes two pilots, one navigator, two airborne systems engineers, and a minimum of 10 electronic warfare officers, or "Ravens," and six or more electronic, technical, and area specialists. Background There are only two Combat Sent aircraft in the Air Force inventory and both are assigned to the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, Neb. The RC-135U aircraft are manned by Air Combat Command crews from the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron and the 97th Intelligence Squadron (of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency). The Combat Sent is composed of a wide variety of commercial off-the-shelf and proprietary hardware and software. Its current configuration allows for both manual and automatic analysis of electronic signals. By combining manual systems with the Automatic Electronic Emitter Locating System, Ravens and intelligence specialists can simultaneously locate, identify, and analyze multiple electronic signals. The Combat Sent records these signals for future reference or for extensive analysis by electronic systems theorists. Any information garnered from the data will help determine detailed operating characteristics and capabilities of foreign systems. Evasion techniques and equipment are then developed from this knowledge that will detect, warn of, or defeat these electronic systems. General Characteristics Primary function: Electronic intelligence reconnaissance and surveillance Contractor: Boeing Aerospace Power Plant: Four CFM International F108-CF-201 high bypass turbofan engines Thrust: 21,600 pounds per engine Wingspan: 135 feet, 1 inch (41.4 meters) Length: 140 feet, 1 inch (42.6 meters) Height: 41 feet, 8 inches (12.7 meters) Weight: 165,7000 (75,160 kilograms) Maximum Takeoff Weight: 299,000 pounds (135,626.4 kilograms) Fuel Capacity: 130,000 pounds (58,967 kilograms) Speed: 500+ miles per hour (Mach 0.66) Range: 4,000 nautical miles Ceiling: 35,000+ feet (10,668+ meters) Crew: Two pilots, one navigator, two airborne systems engineers, and a minimum of 10 electronic warfare officers (flight crew from 45th RS) and six or more mission area specialists (mission crew from 97th IS) Unit Cost: Not available Initial operational capability: April 1964 Inventory: Active force, 2; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0

[@armadillotoe]

The pilots always appreciated the AMS requesting the average landing time.

[@tomsmith7110]

Defoe been a free bar on the way over here

[@RudivanGoch]

That looked uncomfortable 😅 Nice video!

[@gdd29]

Good that they recovered from that moment anyway. Good aircraft.

[@ssnerd583]

....old aircraft......OLD aircraft...lol

[@PasqualeDigiovangiacomo90]

Anyone have a video of this plane la doing with a camera view of the runway center line?

[@TechToWatch]

What was the smoke from 23 secs? Tyre burn? Of the nose wheel?

[@aerialarboreal9005]

Reminds me of a Ryan Air flight I once had!

[@mihirpatel8357]

Ryanair:ABSOLUTE BUTTERRR!!!

[@davef.2811]

That was frightening. They'll do better next time, though.

[@NLaertes]

Pilot monitoring: You better ace this landing, I can see people watching in the back... Pilot flying: I've flown Ryanair, I know what to do...

[@BeechSportBill]

LOVE the shark jaws!

[@ahphong2904]

Wow,,, that pilot is worth his weight in gold. That must be the worst case of crosswind. That was touch and go for seconds, it could have ended with body bags. That pilot just saved the USAF millions. US Air Force trains their pilots fantastically. Bravo.

[@santiagoanderson9621]

Great landing!

[@stevenwilson5737]

Amazing Pilot skills

[@anthonylivingstone3168]

"I don't think anyone saw that..." As an aside is it usual for the rudder to flutter in the wind, looks a bit lose to me.

[@PropCrash]

The rudder is fluttering because you can use the rudder pedals to steer (up to 8 degrees).

[@raymondfallon7429]

During the first fuel crisis in 1973 I was a rear-ender on RC135M out of Kadena, Okinawa. We could no longer dump fuel before landing, and spent 2 hrs extra per flight training new 2Lts on touch and go landings and take-offs. Some of them were brutal, filling shaking landings that made you worry for your spine. One time the engine sound backed off as it regularly does right before touch down, then about a 4 second pause (instead of the near immediate contact with the runway). Around the end of the 4 seconds we heard over the ship's intercom (from the flight deck) "Oh shit..." then another second then WHAM! I thought we'd blow out our tires (you'd be surprised at how often the tires blew on those birds, which were already old 50 years ago). Most of the terror of this video seems inflicted by camera angles and the plane landing beyond the crest of the landscape. Good old planes. I guess they're going to fly forever. Seems like they already have.

[@AirshowWorld]

Thanks, Raymond, that's fascinating, one of the engine cowlings did have some damage, on another video after this you can see the replacement. thanks again for taking the time to watch and comment, Kind Regards Stu Bear AIRSHOW WORLD

[@toddbridges7430]

Well, thankyou all for your input. I only fixem. Sure looks bad however. Crosswinds or something. That is one seriously modified aircraft from all the antennas and whatever that is on skin just below the pilot.

[@jwagner1993]

Straight to the repairs

[@rickstills6716]

Better check the bottle of #1 and #2 engine cowling for pod strikes.

[@samjones3434]

That front wheel suspension looks a bit bouncy. Can’t be easy to control the front end.

[@dirkbogarde7796]

Especially with those aerodynamics.

[@Perry_dAccard]

On a car you would say the shock absorber is fucked.

[@i.r.wayright1457]

The bounce is from applying the brakes. Still, I think a landing like that would warrant a "hard landing inspection."

[@stratochief99]

@@i.r.wayright1457 Wouldn't be surprised if the main gear seals are leaking hydraulic fluid after that one (used to be a KC-135 crew chief)

[@i.r.wayright1457]

@@stratochief99 How long did that take to fix? I worked on small stuff after the Army and we had a local flying club that would wash their 172 now and then. Every time they did they cleaned off the nose strut real nice. Then, the next landing they would roll a seal. I told them to just smear some fresh hydraulic fluid on the exposed piston and it wouldn't do that again.

[@megatwingo]

Wow. Close call! Good, that nothing happened. Thumbs up! :)

[@michaelmartinez1345]

Wow, it looks like the left wing with the #1 & #2 engines , dug into the runway... Possibly caused by a strong cross wind from it's R/H side?

[@gazs4731]

Great pilots. Looked like the wing had touched the runway

[@Akula114]

As we say here in the South... Dai--yummmn!

[@GRW3]

Noticed the nose wheel suspension was still oscillating as it taxied in.

[@12345fowler]

Very strange, I don't think there was any cross-wind (check the white flowers among the grass) so it could be either mishandling by pilot or system malfunction. These 707 can be a handful sometimes.

[@martinw3577]

Well...you can't blame the weather. Looks like perfect conditions. Maybe he sneezed just when he touched down...🤧

[@rearspeaker6364]

dumped coffee on the pants....

[@BradleyPennyAviation]

That was insane, must have been a great to see!

[@AirshowWorld]

I promise you it was scary I did think for a moment that it was going to go wrong my heart was in my mouth

[@carsandstuff365]

Size of the engines on it .. I wounded how many variants of engines that plane has had over the 55 plus years

[@hawaiiboysz]

2

[@alexmathis8505]

@@hawaiiboysz 3 actually, as later RC-135's, KC-135s etc came with (or were retrofit) with the TF-33's, so J57, TF-33, CFM-56. They basically went from TF-33/J57 to CFM-56 depending on age and retrofit status from earlier years.

[@PropCrash]

@@alexmathis8505 This is exactly correct. J-57 to TF-33 to F-108 (CFM-56). If I remember correctly this jet came back from depot with F-108's in 2007.

[@5695q]

Would like to have heard the debrief.

[@nomadjeff1922]

RC-135's carry a pretty large crew. Lot's of people in the back are probably high on the pucker factor on that one.

[@matthiashaenni]

Holy moly!

[@patmower46]

Flown on that bird for many hours, and I believe it was the one we did a worse landing than that which blew out all 8 main tires and one of two nose wheel tires. The holes were so big that you could stick you head through the holes. It was on a fighter base, and we had no fuel left. However, I don't think I would want to be the crew who did this at old Moldy Hole. People are always watching....like the SAC CINC and others!

[@AirshowWorld]

Thanks Patrick I really appreciate your comments, Best Wishes Stu Bear AIRSHOW WORLD

[@michaelsimon7414]

I have seen that plane fly into and out of Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Ne. USA. several times before.

[@fredtedstedman]

needs a pair of those U-2 pogos for the outer engines !

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

I was once in the jump seat of an MD-80 that the F/O flew under the strict guidance of a female captain. After a long and tiring flight that involved a detour around a huge line of thunderstorms, the F/O bounced the landing at DEN. As I vainly sought a place to hide during the taxi in, maybe under the jump seat, anywhere, the captain chewed the F/O mercilessly. Finally he protested that the landing had not been all that terrible. "The hell it wasn't," she said, "the airplane quit flying ten feet in the air." Never was I so glad to get out of a cockpit.

[@texxasal]

Nice to know the exact time and date which your career is an Air Force pilot and

[@meofnz2320]

Relaxed control wheel input before spoilers deployed?

[@bryanrussell6679]

I like the paint scheme.

[@johnosbourn4312]

Now, this what I call a CODE BROWN SITUATION!!!!!

[@michaelchristensen6884]

I would love to look under those engine nacelles.