Iran Air landing without nose gear in Tehran (video)
 

nice job from the pilot - but man, Boeing 727???

those are retired in the rest of the civilized world since 10 or 15 years now :helpme

Wow, that was a nice job landing .... Allah must have been watching.

damn, that is pretty impressive. guess these guys paid attention in flying school :winkwink:

FTC has stricter guidelines for aircraft in and out of the US. I have a friend that goes all over the world and said he is scared shitless when going into areas like South America and Africa. A lot of times they just have "patches" on the planes because they buy fucked up ones for cheap and "fix" them

damn that is impressive!

whoa, damn nice job ... keeping the nose up all the way down the runway ... awesome :D

my mother was in Alaska and she told me she was flying in a small turboprop that seemed like 30 years old and they had stuffed towels in the door cause water was coming in :helpme

South America? He needs to fly LAN Chile, one of the best airlines I've ever flown in.
Food is good, service is good, all modernized with the interactive monitors on every seat...top notch imo.

that really is impressive!

He did an amazing job.. Im actually surprised they did not land him in Foam.

yeah, i was wondering about that too

That's fucking amazing really. Imagine having to land a jet knowing you had no landing gear. He's got balls.

I was there in 1980 and looking at the background I am amazed at how built up it is now.

Being part of the evil empire has surely not set back their progress. I worked with many of their pilots while in the USAF at that time and clearly, their pilots have not lost anything either...great landing!

He's got balls? You think he was doing it on a dare or something?

wow nice landing

Like a boss!

i'm no engineer, but thinking about it that plane being a 727 could have helped since all 3 engines (and their weight) are in the back

I used to throw bags for Delta a long time ago and we would talk about stuff like this with pilots. You are actually 100% correct, but not for the reason you are thinking. It's not totally about the weight, but rather more about the fuel flow.

Without engines in the way hanging off of wings, the threat of a fire/explosion is lessened. A belly landing with a 727 or without nosegear like this one is much less of an issue than with a plane that has engines on the wings that could contact the ground, tear off, spark, expose fuel easier, etc.

damn that is some serious piloting skills

great landing, but i can imagine it would be different shit on rain or some other weather condition...

I'm surprised some camel legs didn't pop out like the flinstone mobile.

camels in iran? mighty stereotypical of you sir

right, didn't think about that :thumbsup

i once also read that the 727 is the only big commercial airplane that you could eventually exit with a parachute through the rear exit when flying low and slow enough. with all other planes you would smash into the rear tail unit

Good job! !!!!

Damn that was a good landing..

Let's see him do that on the Hudson river!

http://www.sea-way.org/blog/hudson25.JPG