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** Probably the most memorable is from ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]'', in which we hear the Legend Of Tomer "Ejector" Darpen, a Y-Wing pilot forced to [[SpacePlane use the ship's landing skids]] after the repulsorlifts were damaged in a battle. The trope is played entirely straight, with a makeshift runway being hastily cleared, the ship bouncing up and down as he tries to land, ''rolling over completely'', skidding to a halt at the very limit of safety, and the pilot slumps in relief. Then it's immediately subverted when Darpen's ejector seat misfires. Since he was stationed on a low-gravity moon, he actually [[AccidentalAstronaut achieved escape velocity]] and had to be retrieved from orbit. One of the members of Red Flight saw his expression just before and after it fired...
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** Probably the most memorable is from ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]'', in which we hear Wes Janson tell the Legend Of tale Tomer "Ejector" [[EmbarrassingNickname "Ejector"]] Darpen, a Y-Wing pilot forced to [[SpacePlane use the ship's landing skids]] after the repulsorlifts were damaged in a battle. The trope is was played entirely straight, with a makeshift runway being hastily cleared, the ship bouncing up and down as he it tries to land, ''rolling over completely'', before skidding to a halt at the very limit of safety, and the safety. The pilot slumps slumped in relief. Then it's immediately relief... and then the trope was subverted when Darpen's ejector seat misfires.{{ejection seat}} [[DelayedSafetyFeature suddenly misfired]]. Since he was stationed on a low-gravity moon, he actually [[AccidentalAstronaut achieved escape velocity]] and had to be retrieved from orbit. One of the members of Red Flight saw Janson happened to see his expression just before and after it fired...fired...
--->'''Darpen:''' [[LameComeback At least I managed to save the astromech.]]
--->'''Darpen:''' [[LameComeback At least I managed to save the astromech.]]
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* In the short-lived ''Series/SpyGame'', the standard procedure to enter the secret base was to drive down the alley at over 100 mph -- that's the only thing that would trigger to wall to open. The car would be stopped by its arresting-hook grabbing the cable inside.
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* In the short-lived ''Series/SpyGame'', the standard procedure to enter the secret base was to drive down the alley at over 100 mph -- that's the only thing that would trigger to the wall to open. The car would be stopped by its arresting-hook grabbing the cable inside.
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** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he and Obi-Wan intentionally crash-land in the docking bay of the ''Invisible Hand'' to board the ship and rescue the kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine. Not to mention the "Not to worry, we are still flying ''half'' a ship," scene shortly after that, when Anakin crash-lands ''literally'' ''half a ship" after almost burning it to a crisp on its descent through the atmosphere. He even says "we're coming in too hot!"
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** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he and Obi-Wan intentionally crash-land in the docking bay of the ''Invisible Hand'' to board the ship and rescue the kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine. Not to mention the "Not to worry, we are still flying ''half'' a ship," scene shortly after that, when Anakin crash-lands ''literally'' ''half said half a ship" ship after almost burning it to a crisp on its descent through the atmosphere. He even says "we're coming in too hot!"
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** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he and Obi-Wan intentionally crash-land in the docking bay of the ''Invisible Hand'' to board the ship and rescue the kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine. Not to mention the "Not to worry, we are still flying half a ship," scene shortly after that, when Anakin crash-lands ''literally'' "half a ship" after almost burning it to a crisp on its descent through the atmosphere. He even says "we're coming in too hot!"
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** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he and Obi-Wan intentionally crash-land in the docking bay of the ''Invisible Hand'' to board the ship and rescue the kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine. Not to mention the "Not to worry, we are still flying half ''half'' a ship," scene shortly after that, when Anakin crash-lands ''literally'' "half ''half a ship" after almost burning it to a crisp on its descent through the atmosphere. He even says "we're coming in too hot!"
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* In ''Film/WingCommander'', the [[TwoferTokenMinority black female]] pilot takes severe damage to her ship. After a failure in the ejection system, she attempts a landing and crashes on deck, [[BlackDudeDiesFirst dying in the process]].
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* In ''Film/WingCommander'', the [[TwoferTokenMinority black female]] female pilot takes severe damage to her ship. After a failure in the ejection system, she attempts a landing and crashes on deck, [[BlackDudeDiesFirst dying in the process]].
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A staple of CaptainCrash. See also ReentryScare, in which Coming in Hot involves comm silence. For the non-vehicle variation see TooFastToStop and InertiaIsACruelMistress.
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A staple of CaptainCrash. See also ReentryScare, in which Coming in Hot involves comm silence. For the non-vehicle variation see TooFastToStop and InertiaIsACruelMistress.
InertiaIsACruelMistress. SubTrope of ArduousDescentToTerraFirma.
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* ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'': In "The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge" Jim, posing as a pilot, is ordered to not pull one of these, as the officer ordering hates [=10G=] landings. Jim [=diGriz=], being who [[TheGadfly he is]], pulls one on purpose.
