Light aircraft with stuck undercarriage 80's?

[Voldemort]

Does anyone remember this news story?

A light aircraft could not lower its' undercarriage and to save it the ground staff drove down the runway with someone out the sunroof to 'catch' the plane and free the undercarriage. If I recall correctly the car was an Audi.

I'm sure it happened before the internet but I can find no trace of the story on the net.

Help.

[Simpo Two]

Now you mention it that rings a vague bell. Though I think a wheels up landing would have been safer.

[JimbobVFR]

I remember that. Although my vague memory was it was a Sierra with a sun roof not an Audi

[ndtman]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qP1XQzwRuV8

There you go

[Turn7]

Yes, I remember it, the car co - and I think it was german - ran an advert the next day in the paper showing the car being a third wheel in effect...the tag line "For when yuo really do have a plane to catch"

[Ilovejapcrap]

Audi 80 ?

[MarkwG]

Ilovejapcrap said:

Audi 80 ?

100 I think, or a 5000 in American?

[Eric Mc]

Was that a genuine emergency or a stunt? Seems like there were a lot of cameras around - considering it was 1985.

[GliderRider]

Let me see, what could possibly go wrong?

Tyre on retracted leg near aircraft centre line. When retracted leg lowers, drag increases, aeroplane drops and slows down, sunroof chappy get a short back and sides and doesn't find counting in Base 10 so easy anymore.

P.S. I had one of those Audis. Now I know why it seemed a bit tired!

[shed driver]

Pah!

That's nothing. Was done with a jet back in the 1960s.

https://youtu.be/2lWNZowvWEk

SD.

[Voldemort]

ndtman said:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qP1XQzwRuV8

There you go

Thank you!!!

[Eric Mc]

shed driver said:

Pah!

That's nothing. Was done with a jet back in the 1960s.

https://youtu.be/2lWNZowvWEk

SD.

1st thing I thought of

[Yertis]

MarkwG said:

100 I think, or a 5000 in American?

Yes a 5000, equivalent to a 200/5T here (but yes, basically a 100).

[Shakermaker]

shed driver said:

Pah!

That's nothing. Was done with a jet back in the 1960s.

https://youtu.be/2lWNZowvWEk

SD.

I knew what that was before I clicked on it! Love it

[Andy 308GTB]

Shakermaker said:

shed driver said:

Pah!

That's nothing. Was done with a jet back in the 1960s.

https://youtu.be/2lWNZowvWEk

SD.

I knew what that was before I clicked on it! Love it

Excellent, that brings back some memories.