The test flying of Seagull proceeds. New characteristic  unintentionally  discovered.

The winter tests of Seagull proceeds and suddenly one landing gear became frozen and that gear was impossible to unfold . The other gear was quite OK to move up and down. The test  flight was conducted by  Lage Norberg having flown over 70 different types planes. He tried to bunt it out but the mechanism remained frozen.

He had to declare an emergency and the Tower pushed the ALARM button so fire brigade, ambulance, and other SOS activities as Television, Press i.e. was gathered at the Airport.

 

 Beside the runway was thick smooth snow and Lage decided to make a landing in the deep snow with retracted gears. He landed perfect in the snow without a single scratch on the airplane. So Seagull has unintentionally become a perfect Snowgull.

Feel free to watch the landing on video. Click here.

 

Best Regards

Team Svenska Flygfabriken

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