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eyeball impression I was [?] about
2000 ft. I would have ejected then - I
was hight enough for safe eject - speed
still 200-220. But there was no place to
put the airplane. I was pretty much straight
away to the runway looking at an night
& day 13 on the left and a big [?] area on the
right. I noticed the speedbrakes were still out
(by the light) and punchec the speedbrake [?]
forward. I lowered the gear by the normal
means and the two mains when safe but the
nose gear was hung - I then pulled the
engaging gear extension handle [?] I think
they all went unsafe - I pumped the nose
2 or 3 times - really just shut jerks at the stick
and they all locked down safe. I believe I
called 3 down & locked - Somewhere in here
I notiect the boards were still out - recenter
you have no electrical [?] of brakes as
[?] [?] & tried to push the [?]
speedbrake aside. I couldn't get at it
or couldn't find it. I [?] plastic
binder was in the way. Anyway I didn't
have time to juble around with it as the
rway was rapidly approaching - Lost
time I looked at the airspeed it read 180K

I started to pull back on the stick but the nose
hardly moved - using both hands I pulled
back as far and as hard as I could bu the
sink rate was still rather sickening.
I landed or rather pranged - slightly left
of centerline and 75 - 125 ft short of a
good meatball touchdown. My head snapped
forward and I bounced Id guess 20 ft
in the air up & left - bounced again -
and again -- by this time on the hard pack to
the left of the rway. - tore out one runway lite.
I [?] [?]that the right gear [?]
just as the first bounce - then the second
bounce I landed right wing down. I remember
trying to guide it back to the center of the
ruway with aileron & rudder - at the same
time being wings level trying to be wings
level for the next bounce. Sanbon the aircraft
get back on the ruway and I not [?] the
arresting [?] up - 3500 ft - M21
steering for it I lowered the hook and engaged
it [?] 20 left of centerline heading back to
the right - the hook engaged and as I stopped
I blew the [?] - pulled harness release
handle and jumped over the left side -
swearing fluently. As I went shedding