On Dec 28, 2:57*pm, Mark wrote:
The engineers at McDonnell Douglas had a hard time
believing the story of the one-winged landing...

The Wiki article on the F-15 explains it, with references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15_Ea..._and_incidents

An engineer I met at ESA Tehachapi a few years ago not only wasn't
surprised about it, he worked the rhoV^2 as part of his presentation
on adaptive control.