From: "Greg Rendell" <greg20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:08 PM >From http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_090203_jfkplane.html <snip> American Airlines flight 1048, an MD-80 carrying 128 passengers and a crew of five, had been on approach to Newark airport when the pilot found that the nose landing gear had not fully deployed. Faced with setting the plane down with its nose flat on the tarmac, the captain opted to switch their landing site from Newark to JFK for that airport's longer runways. The plane's touchdown was reportedly as smooth as possible under the circumstances, and after the nose set down the plane was brought to a halt still under control. The plane and runway were then sprayed with fire-retardant foam as a safety precaution. <snip> Anyone know if the nosewheel contacted the runway during the stop, or was it the nose of the plane (I mean the skidbuggy) that skidded along? I wonder how slow you can go and still keep the tail down and the fuselage level. Quite a feat, anyway. Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html