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US Airways Plane Crashes into Hudson River

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jwb76051/15/2009 2:51:54 pm PST

re: #596 LGoPs

Just curious, if anyone knows. Is it better to do a water landing wheels up or wheels down.
Wheels up might induce ‘skipping’ like a rock on a pond…..?
Wheels down might cause uncontrolled drag…….?
Just wondering.

Wheels up. Landing gear would force the nose down immediately.