NZFF

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:00 pm**

Good viewing and a job well done.

Belly landing

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:22 pm**

Wow!! thats some pretty mean flying there to keep the hook in contact w the ground without actually touching the fuselage down
Thanks for sharing

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:05 pm**

"How do you know when you landed with the wheels up ? .....when you need after burner to taxi."

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:21 pm**

That was one cool cat landing .. cool cat LF , gos back to 2006 .. jeez that time went quick .. it was possible to repair the aircraft but due to the phasing out they scraped it , love how they mention exactly were the fuel was sitting ... very smoothly executed ! good find CP

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:02 pm**

Must have been fairly sudden, no foam and slow crash tenders.

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:58 pm**

The video above is from the aussie doco tv series: Real Top guns
http://shop.abc.net.au/products/real-top-guns
http://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/DVD/Rea...p-Guns/1552377/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIyYK9oz9Go
not a bad series got it on DVD.

steelsporran wrote:
QUOTE (steelsporran @ Nov 17 2012,5:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Must have been fairly sudden, no foam and slow crash tenders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25c3NWrGQ4

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:02 pm**

Interest sake - the aircraft was construction no. FC-19 USAF 67-0143 arriving in Amberley 4/12/73 , so i did pretty well for itself being the second batch , of all supplied a total of 44 F-111s two happened to crash in New Zealand , one just outside Ohakea and the other in the gulf of the coast of Auckland .

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:17 pm**

Great Vid

what a shame they are now gone

going to miss the dump and burn

Todd

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:28 pm**

Bluebird wrote:
QUOTE (Bluebird @ Nov 17 2012,8:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
going to miss the dump and burn

Todd , your right ... three in a climbing spiral at night is simply impressive ! mind boggling

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:32 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 17 2012,8:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Interest sake - the aircraft was construction no. FC-19 USAF 67-0143 arriving in Amberley 4/12/73 , so i did pretty well for itself being the second batch , of all supplied a total of 44 F-111s two happened to crash in New Zealand , one just outside Ohakea and the other in the gulf of the coast of Auckland .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQQA6NOC53Y&feature=plcp
2.59 into the video: in the highraki gulf

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:45 pm**

Awesome - well done to the pilot, excellent effort.

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:47 pm**

Where do you dig this stuff up from HAM ? .....Great find, thanks very much.

Posted: **Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:23 pm**

Love to get my hands on the complete doco !

Posted: **Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:32 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 17 2012,8:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Interest sake - the aircraft was construction no. FC-19 USAF 67-0143 arriving in Amberley 4/12/73 , so i did pretty well for itself being the second batch , of all supplied a total of 44 F-111s two happened to crash in New Zealand , one just outside Ohakea and the other in the gulf of the coast of Auckland .

"just outside Ohakea" was actually the bomb dump Ian. It had a double flame out on take-off due to water ingestion and ran off the end of the runway.

Posted: **Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:25 pm**

Thanks Steel , Ironic .. the bomb dump

... nice to have you in with the full no

Posted: **Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:01 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 18 2012,2:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks Steel , Ironic .. the bomb dump ... nice to have you in with the full no

Posted: **Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:14 pm**

Ham - Nice entry , Thanks for the search and the links

NZFF

F111 belly landing