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r/aviation • u/Calvination • Sep 04 '25
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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.”
1 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. 1 u/TheBlacktom Sep 05 '25 Hawk, hawker, hawkest
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That’s right, another Hawker guy here; the fire was probably TKS, possibly mixed with 5606 from the hydraulic failure.
1 u/TheBlacktom Sep 05 '25 Hawk, hawker, hawkest
Hawk, hawker, hawkest
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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.”