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He had also kept the damage to the A-10 itself to a minimum. Without a canopy, he managed to pull off a textbook belly landing and climbed out of the aircraft completely unscathed. Knowing this, DeVries retracted his gear and went in for a belly landing at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center. As aviation enthusiasts know, landing with the gear down is best, landing with the gear up isn’t ideal, but landing with some down and some up is bad.
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Unfortunately, the nose gear remained tucked away inside the aircraft. They decided DeVries should lower his landing gear. DeVries, who has flown over 100 combat missions overseas, instantly reverted to his wealth of experience and increased his altitude, from 150 to 2,000 feet.ĭeVries’ wingman, Major Shannon Vickers, checked over the damaged aircraft and the two calmly planned their next move. Luckily, the malfunction did not compromise the aircraft’s ability to remain in the air, which is not surprising considering the A-10 is world-famous for its reliability and ruggedness. “It was like someone sucker punched me,” DeVries said. This failure blew off the canopy of the A-10, dazing DeVries and blasting his maps and paperwork out the cockpit. On this particular flight he carried out six bomb passes and one strafing run successfully, but when he fired the famous 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger cannon on his second strafing run, the aircraft suffered a serious failure. The mission was routine, and according to DeVries, one that he had performed hundreds of times before. DeVries, from the Michigan Air National Guard, was in the seat of his A-10 Thunderbolt II and participating in a training mission over the Grayling Air Gunnery Range.