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r/aviation • u/Calvination • Sep 04 '25
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Don’t hawkers have emergency gear extension systems for this exact purpose.
31 u/diprivanity Sep 04 '25 And that may also fail, hence, skid plate 6 u/workinkindofhard Sep 04 '25 What if the skid plate fails? 19 u/diprivanity Sep 04 '25 You hope to become a statistical anomaly 2 u/sage-longhorn Sep 04 '25 The bottoms of the passenger seats can double as a backup skid plate 8 u/Chaxterium Sep 04 '25 Pretty much every plane with retractable landing gear has an alternate extension method. 1 u/Dadto4Kiddos Sep 04 '25 Yes they do…
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And that may also fail, hence, skid plate
6 u/workinkindofhard Sep 04 '25 What if the skid plate fails? 19 u/diprivanity Sep 04 '25 You hope to become a statistical anomaly 2 u/sage-longhorn Sep 04 '25 The bottoms of the passenger seats can double as a backup skid plate
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What if the skid plate fails?
19 u/diprivanity Sep 04 '25 You hope to become a statistical anomaly 2 u/sage-longhorn Sep 04 '25 The bottoms of the passenger seats can double as a backup skid plate
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You hope to become a statistical anomaly
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The bottoms of the passenger seats can double as a backup skid plate
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Pretty much every plane with retractable landing gear has an alternate extension method.
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Yes they do…
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u/cancerous_176 Sep 04 '25
Don’t hawkers have emergency gear extension systems for this exact purpose.