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To: Dr._Joseph_Warren

"One-winged landing

In the summer of 1983, an Israeli F-15 staged a mock dogfight with Skyhawks for training purposes, near Nahal Tzin in the Negev desert. During the exercise, one of the Skyhawks miscalculated and collided forcefully with the F-15's wing root. The F-15's pilot was aware that the wing had been seriously damaged, but decided to try and land in a nearby airbase. It was only after he had landed, when he climbed out of the cockpit and looked backward, that the pilot realized what had happened: the wing had been completely torn off the plane, and he had landed the plane with only one wing attached.

A few months later, the damaged F-15 had been given a new wing, and returned to operational duty in the squadron. The engineers at McDonnell Douglas had a hard time believing the story of the one-winged landing: as far as their planning models were concerned, this was an impossibility. "

http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-15/F-15.htm


95 posted on 08/19/2005 5:43:40 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willna be fooled again!")
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To: Tennessee_Bob
>>It was only after he had landed, when he climbed out of the cockpit and looked backward, that the pilot realized what had happened: the wing had been completely torn off the plane. . .<<

Outstanding piloting skills. . .but I must say, as a former F-15E fighter pilot, this nonsense about only after landing could he see the wing missing is. . .well. . .nonsense.

Visibility is excellent and you can see most everything. . .even behind you between the tails.
105 posted on 08/19/2005 6:06:54 PM PDT by Gunrunner2
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