No, indeed. I don’t know the landing speed of a B-52, but it will not be low.
Chris
On 29 Jun 2014, at 18:05, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When I was stationed at Dyess AFB, there was an emergency landing of a
> B-52D that had one wingtip (outrigger) gear stuck in the up position. The
> solution was to deplete the fuel, then land and catch the wingtip with a
> flatbed semi (ie - articulated) truck racing down the edge of the runway. It
> worked, but I would not have wanted to be the driver of the truck.
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