Aircraft Emergency Landings
Discussions center on challenges of unpowered or problematic plane landings, including gliding capabilities, landing gear failures, bird strikes, go-arounds, and safe emergency procedures.
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How do you abort an unpowered plane landing?
...until they're not (e.g. failed landing, go-around)
There's no landing gear this time. Not enough margin to make it worthwhile.
Guessing we won't be using constant altitude landings in real life?
Probably time to design a plane that can't be sent into terrain in seconds by flipping a switch.
Or "take-off is optional but landing is mandatory" :)
Don't you need a large flat area to land safely?
Depends on how the plane lands.
well, and with no alternative to landing w/ power. at least a helicopter can take a glide path.
bird strikes dont prevent you from deploying a landing gear