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A Royal Canadian Air Force trained pilot managed to safely land a 77-year-old biplane Tuesday, without landing gear, single handily saving himself, his passenger and the plane.
Pilot George Kirbyson told CTV that he didn’t have time to be afraid as he chose to belly-land the vintage Beech staggerwing biplane.
“I can’t say I was scared. I just had to fly the airplane, and that takes most of my concentration. No time to get scared,” Kirbyson said.
He was reportedly out testing the newly restored airplane built in 1938, one of only seven in the country, when he realized something was wrong. Kirbyson says something happened with the landing gear as he flew over Abbotsford, and the wheels wouldn't come down.
“That put us in a precarious position,” said Kirbyson. “At that point, we were trying to figure it out. Alternate methods, emergency methods, anything we could think of.”
Airport officials directed them to a grassy runway for the softest place to attempt a landing. The pilot then circled the airport to use up fuel.
“Once it touches down, not a lot of control left. Just hold on and go for a ride,” he said.
Amazingly there were no fuel leaks or fires, and no one was hurt. The plane, however, did suffer some bumps and bruises, but the pilot is confident she will fly again.
“We’ll get it going again,” Kirbyson said.
– with files from CTV Vancouver
