Scott R Wilson Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) My family and I were there at Carswell in the early 1960s and saw a B-58 land with one main only half extended just like in this video. I was about six years old. I'm not sure this video is the same emergency landing we saw. It was a long time ago but my memory is of the B-58 we saw landing in the opposite direction at dusk. I wrote to my folks to find out what they remember. Regardless, I think you'll find this interesting. Scott W. Edited March 7, 2015 by Scott R Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riffraff Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cool video, interesting to see the Huskie fly over with a firefighting bucket. Looks like the engines saved the Hustler to fly another day. Thanks for sharing Lee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Also interesting that the EWO and NAV jettisoned their hatches prior to landing. I saw another B-58 emergency landing video (damaged main landing gear), same thing. Must have been a standard procedure. Always liked the Hustler. If I had to pick one aircraft to be resurrected to flight status and put onto the airshow circuit, it would be the B-58. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Also interesting that the EWO and NAV jettisoned their hatches prior to landing. I saw another B-58 emergency landing video (damaged main landing gear), same thing. Must have been a standard procedure. Always liked the Hustler. If I had to pick one aircraft to be resurrected to flight status and put onto the airshow circuit, it would be the B-58. Thanks for the link. All three hatches were jettisoned as it was sliding, first the pilot's, then the Bomb-Nav's (2nd station) then DSO's (3rd station) but it's harder to see the pilot's go than the other two. I think it's a shame more B-58s weren't saved for museums, and that at least one wasn't stored indoors before the windscreen glass started delaminating from sitting in the sun. Edited March 7, 2015 by Scott R Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nightiemission Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cool video, interesting to see the Huskie fly over with a firefighting bucket. Looks like the engines saved the Hustler to fly another day. Thanks for sharing Lee That wasn't a Huskie, it was a Ch-34. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 That wasn't a Huskie, it was a Ch-34. There's a Huskie flying by earlier in the video before the S-58 shows up. My guess is the S-58 was operated by General Dynamics/Convair since it's in civilian paint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantomdriver Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 The Huskie comes in around Time index 0.45 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Looking at this again I noted that the Bomb-Nav slid down the rope and ran from the jet while the DSO and pilot both just stood up in their cockpits. A few seconds later it looks like the pilot took off his helmet and threw it down to someone in front of the jet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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