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re: NASA WB-57 research jet belly landed in Houston & caught fire

Posted on 1/27/26 at 4:10 pm to
Posted by rmnldr
Member since Oct 2013
40308 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 4:10 pm to
Welp so much for one of the last Canberras.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
134933 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 4:17 pm to
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Held together well
Yes, it did, but they're never going to get the smell out of those seats...
Posted by FutureMikeVIII
Houston
Member since Sep 2011
1777 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 4:21 pm to
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NASA prolly wanted a write off.


Gonna be one hell of a FLIPL
Posted by Shreve Perry
Member since Jan 2026
574 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 4:22 pm to

NASA Research Jet. From 60 years in service fails finally. Not a bad belly flop honestly

Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
55993 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 7:00 pm to
Not a pilot but wouldn't you kill the engines?
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
4009 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 7:24 pm to
Is bursted a word?
Posted by LSUA 75
Colfax,La.
Member since Jan 2019
4955 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 7:36 pm to
Pilot didn’t know the landing gear was down?
Why didn’t the tower warn him?
I thought they could apply foam to the runway when landing gear fail.
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