No, this is not about the Boeing 757 wheel toss that just happened.
This one happened 30-some years ago, and I stumbled onto it the other day while searching on youtubes of T2 Buckeyes. The cool thing is I was the controlling LSO. That's my salty "Roger ball" and " a little power". Maybe I should have said "A little more power" somewhere in there. Very weird hearing my voice from 34 years ago.
We watched the touch and go, and saw the nose wheel pop off and go bounce-bounce-bouncing down the angle and into the drink. The student flew back to Corpus, landing on the nose strut sans wheel. Some sort of maintenance thing, exacerbated by his SIW. Came back out and qualed the next day, if memory serves me.
Can't believe someone posted this.
This one happened 30-some years ago, and I stumbled onto it the other day while searching on youtubes of T2 Buckeyes. The cool thing is I was the controlling LSO. That's my salty "Roger ball" and " a little power". Maybe I should have said "A little more power" somewhere in there. Very weird hearing my voice from 34 years ago.
We watched the touch and go, and saw the nose wheel pop off and go bounce-bounce-bouncing down the angle and into the drink. The student flew back to Corpus, landing on the nose strut sans wheel. Some sort of maintenance thing, exacerbated by his SIW. Came back out and qualed the next day, if memory serves me.
Can't believe someone posted this.