Harrier Pilot lands on deck w/out front landing gear

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Check this out ... http://youtu.be/x9tvdjDAr1U
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That guy's good.

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That's one your grandchildren would never believe - unless you had a video. Kahunas of steal!

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That's one your grandchildren would never believe - unless you had a video. Kahunas of steal!



Yeppers, they'll be telling stories about that one.

However, said pilot had little choice -- he was going to either land with the stool, or without it. I am sure the pucker factor was very high, but it would have been worse knowing you were going to nose-in to the deck no matter what.

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Imagine the Ships Quartermaster. For years tripping over this dopy stool - 'what the frik is this thing for!'....

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Crazy that they had the "stool" on the ship, wonder how many times it's been used in the different Harrier fleets?

Nice landing though

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Also seen this in another article
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