Photo: ex-KLU F-16 jet today landed wheels up in Chile...

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Photo: ex-KLU F-16 jet today landed wheels up in Chile...

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Source:
https://twitter.com/AntofagastaTV/statu ... 2367847425
and
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=161328

EDITED... indeed ex-KLu... :wink:
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Re: Photo: Chilean F-16 landed wheels up today...

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Former Klu F-16AM....
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Re: Photo: ex-KLU F-16 jet today landed wheels up in Chile..

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Should be 730, ex J-141....
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Re: Photo: ex-KLU F-16 jet today landed wheels up in Chile..

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Looks like they also bought some old DAF trucks together with the F-16s.
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Re: Photo: ex-KLU F-16 jet today landed wheels up in Chile..

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Makes me wonder why he made that landing with external fueltanks still attached.
However the outcome of this landing is positive so thumbs up,
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Re: Photo: ex-KLU F-16 jet today landed wheels up in Chile..

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If it was a full, calculated belly landing, it was actualy wise to leave them on. They absorb a lot of the impact and damage.
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Re: Photo: ex-KLU F-16 jet today landed wheels up in Chile..

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I am not sure, but i believe there are even procedures For gear failures. if they have 2 tanks like in this situation they can make a belly landing. if they only have a centerline tank they have to eject. but i am not sure maybe there is someone here who can confirme or deny this.
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