F-15 Landing With One Wing

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

[navysealdad]

What do you do when a wing is torn off your F15? If you are Captain Zivi Nedivi, of the Israeli air force, you break off from your training exercise and return to base. You've only got one wing, but you make up for that by flying twice as fast. This really happened, over the Negev desert. The F15 Eagle collided with an A4 Skyhawk.

[JRandomFreeper]

Actually, it's in New Mexico. You know, the state that needs terraforming more than Mars does....

/johnny

[martin_fierro]

Saw one of these land with one wing once.

[stefanbatory]

stoke me a clipper...

[CTOCS]

Not to nitpick or demean this pilot’s performance but the upside down aircraft shown at 52 seconds into the video is NOT an A4. Look at the egg-shaped air intake, looks more like a Sukhov or a Mig.

Comments, anyone?

[tanknetter]

There has never been a more beautiful or more effective milcraft ever.

Wrong.

[tanknetter]

Not to nitpick or demean this pilot’s performance but the upside down aircraft shown at 52 seconds into the video is NOT an A4. Look at the egg-shaped air intake, looks more like a Sukhov or a Mig.

F-100 Hun (ok, "Super Sabre")

[mysterio]

That is unreal. Awesome pilot, awesome aircraft.

[freedumb2003]

I have to admit I LOVED the F-14 and was quite saddened to see it retired.

Variable geometry: what’s not to love?

[freedumb2003]

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

I guess they had to change that to "not recommended." :)

[CTOCS]

Could be that, too...