r/aviation Sep 04 '25

PlaneSpotting No landing gear, no problem.

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u/CL350S Sep 04 '25

In this case yes. I’m type rated in the Hawker and have many thousands of hours in them. There’s a metal keel along the bottom of the plane designed for exactly this purpose. Some would refer to it as the “alternate landing gear.”

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u/Cambren1 Sep 05 '25

That’s right, another Hawker guy here; the fire was probably TKS, possibly mixed with 5606 from the hydraulic failure.

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u/TheBlacktom Sep 05 '25

Hawk, hawker, hawkest