One wing F-15

The History Channel had a program on the F-15 last night
(Friday,040430).
Included was an interview with the Israeli pilot and footage of the
aircraft inbound, on approach and landing.
No other word for it, ... just incredible!

That "brick" derives a portion of its lift from the body... so even with
one wing gone, it wasnt missing "50%" of its lift...

and.. yea.. thrust is a WONDERFUL thing..

Dave

Nomen Nescio wrote:

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From: EDR

The History Channel had a program on the F-15 last night
(Friday,040430).
Included was an interview with the Israeli pilot and footage of the
aircraft inbound, on approach and landing.
No other word for it, ... just incredible!


I saw that, too. Inspiring! Just goes to show what one can do if you just
KEEP FLYING THE PLANE.
I guess it also shows that with enough power, a brick will fly.

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Photos and story he
http://www.f-16.net/library/stories/midair.html

"EDR" wrote in message
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The History Channel had a program on the F-15 last night
(Friday,040430).
Included was an interview with the Israeli pilot and footage of the
aircraft inbound, on approach and landing.
No other word for it, ... just incredible!

Photos and story he

Wow. That plane should not have flown.

Amazing!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article H34lc.14243$I%1.1072718@attbi_s51, Jay Honeck
wrote:

Wow. That plane should not have flown.
Amazing!

That's what MDD engineers said until they went back and ran the numbers.
BTW, if you ever compare an F-15 to an F-5, you will see that the
horizontal stabilizers on the F-15 are about the same size as the wings
of the F-5.

In article , Nomen Nescio
] wrote:

I guess it also shows that with enough power, a brick will fly.

It is said that the F-4 Phanton II was the first proof of that concept.

Anybody know any repeats of the episode????




The History Channel had a program on the F-15 last night
(Friday,040430).
Included was an interview with the Israeli pilot and footage of the
aircraft inbound, on approach and landing.
No other word for it, ... just incredible!

Norman and all

Years ago a story went around about a Navy pilot that forgot to unfold
his wings and took of (maybe at Pensacola???) He got airborne and flew
a closed pattern and landed with no damage to airplane or himself
(except for his brown underwear).

I can't vouch for the truth of this story but was told in Hanger
Flying Groups as an honest to god event.

Maybe some other old timers may remember the story and can add more
details (type A/C, place, date) and validate it?

In any event, makes a good story after a long evening athe bar )

Big John
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On Sun, 2 May 2004 07:00:04 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio
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From: EDR

The History Channel had a program on the F-15 last night
(Friday,040430).
Included was an interview with the Israeli pilot and footage of the
aircraft inbound, on approach and landing.
No other word for it, ... just incredible!

I saw that, too. Inspiring! Just goes to show what one can do if you just
KEEP FLYING THE PLANE.
I guess it also shows that with enough power, a brick will fly.

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"Pepperoni" wrote in message
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I love that story! Very inspirational.

It really shows what a good pilot can do even in the most difficult
situations.



"EDR" wrote in message
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The History Channel had a program on the F-15 last night
(Friday,040430).
Included was an interview with the Israeli pilot and footage of the
aircraft inbound, on approach and landing.
No other word for it, ... just incredible!

From: "Jay Honeck"
Subject: One wing F-15
Date: Sunday, May 02, 2004 6:28 AM

Wow. That plane should not have flown.

It's not obvious. One wing, going fast enough, will generate a certain
amount of lift, maybe enough to hold the plane up. Remember the pilot
beating himself up for crossing the threshold at 250 kts rather than 120 kts
like he was trained. The issue in my mind was how much aileron was
availble to fly the plane, assuming that just about all that was left was
being used to keep the roll axis right.