F-15 Landing With One Wing

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/f15_landing.html ^

[PapaBear3625]

youtube link

[JRandomFreeper]

The only reason it could do that is a) It's a frigging >1:1 thrust/weight rocket. b) The horizontal stabilizers are not just elevators (they move like ailerons as well). And they are huge. Lifting body dynamics also play a role.

I love the F-15. Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a land called Holloman, I was an EagleKeeper.

/johnny

[freedumb2003]

The F-15 ruled the skies from the day she was put into operation (1974 +/-) until the day the F-22 was put into operation (2006 +/-) — a 30+ year run. They can talk about the Mig 29 until the cows come home, but the M29 was the F-15’s bitch from day 1.

There has never been a more beautiful or more effective milcraft ever. Even the F-22 uses electronic “tricks” (good ones, mind you) for a lot of its domination profile. The F-15 did it with superior design and execution. Her place in milcraft history is secure.

[SumProVita]

WOW! (Pilots are awesome!)

[Oztrich Boy]

"Smoke me a lox, I'll be back for breakfast"

[xjcsa]

I'd mention that this has been posted before, but then I guess you posted it the last time too, so never mind :)

Impressive flying though...jeez...

[wrench]

Not the first time this has happened. I remember seeing pics of an F15 in Germany (IIRC) that landed with the right wing outboard of the engine nacelle gone. This was at least 5 years ago.

McD can probably program a simulator to demonstrate the flight characteristics of a one winged Eagle.

[sten]

the F-15 is definitely a nice craft

my Dad’s best friend, my god father, was stationed at holloman for a few years. did you know james allen by chance?

[Redcitizen]

Way cool.

[Redcitizen]

Anytime you feel like it, cmon back to NM for sunshine and green chili.

[Tennessee Nana]

Holloman AFB ???

Wasnt that in Arizona ???

[Blood of Tyrants]

MD said that it wasn’t possible to fly an F15 with one wing missing.

[Wacka]

It’s smoke me a kipper!

[donmeaker]

They have. Further, the ability to change flight control laws to adapt to changes in aircraft configuration was investigated back in 1993 or so, based on this event.

[wrench]

I figgured as much. I have seen many different types of aircraft fly and climb in knife edge flight. Flying an Eagle missing an outboard wing shouldn’t be much of a problem as long as the engines are working. It is just difficult accumulating the necessary flight time in that configuration to become proficient.

[lurk]

And the Warthog pilots are shaking their heads contemptuously at the drama queens in the hot jets.

[Ro_Thunder]

Ping for later

[rbosque]

Cooool.

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm actually back in NM, up around Lost Wages Las Vegas. I'm getting plenty of green chili, but -18F hurts a Texas boy's feelings.

/johnny