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  1. Oct 28, 2019, 06:07 AM #1
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    Man pulls down plane's landing gear from sunroof of car - video

    The landing gear on a Piper Turbo-Arrow gets stuck, and a mechanic stands up through a sunroof of a car to pull it down. 1:28 video:




    More: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl...864-story.html

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    Dangerous operation, lucky outcome. Required good communications.
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    Then there's the U2 that drops the wing landing gear on takeoff and has to get fresh on landing. I was told by a U2 navigator that they tried having people driving under each wing to stuff the landing gear back on but now they just stop and touch to a skid, wait for wheels, then taxi in.

    Landing towards the end of this video



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