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http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/110099.html
It was military. This only proves that money is what makes an airplane fly, not aerodynamics. Jose -- There are more ways to skin a cat than there are cats. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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"Jim Macklin" wrote in message news:2dFOg.22744$SZ3.2566@dukeread04... http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/110099.html This is a true story, but I think the bottom three photos in the left hand column are photo-shopped. In those photos, the wing is cleanly sheared off, where the other photos show a fairly large stub at the root near the leading edge. KB |
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The special about it on History channel (about 2 years ago) said that
at first Boeing didn't believe it really happened until they sent their engineers out. They explaination is that the body itself generates so much lift it could still fly. If you think about the amount of G's those planes can pull and the amount of load (bombs , etc) they can carry they must have an enormous amount of excess lift. -Robert Jim Macklin wrote: http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/110099.html |
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:48:37 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
wrote in 2dFOg.22744$SZ3.2566@dukeread04: http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/110099.html Wings? We don't need no stinkin' wings! |
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Kyle Boatright wrote:
"Jim Macklin" wrote in message news:2dFOg.22744$SZ3.2566@dukeread04... http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/110099.html This is a true story, but I think the bottom three photos in the left hand column are photo-shopped. In those photos, the wing is cleanly sheared off, where the other photos show a fairly large stub at the root near the leading edge. KB And the angle of attack looks pretty high for a landing speed that is twice normal. And I'd be surprised that he'd lower the flap on the remaining wing during landing. And the starboard side of the tail appears to be missing. And ... Matt |
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:48:37 -0500, "Jim Macklin" wrote in 2dFOg.22744$SZ3.2566@dukeread04: http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/110099.html Wings? We don't need no stinkin' wings! They just add drag. Matt |
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Jim Macklin wrote:
http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/110099.html I'm pretty opposed to jumping out of airplanes, but I think I would have bailed out of that one. |
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And the angle of attack looks pretty high for a landing speed that is twice normal. And I'd be surprised that he'd lower the flap on the remaining wing during landing. And the starboard side of the tail appears to be missing. And ... Matt You're right about the angle of attack looking pretty high for a landing speed twice normal but that's only if he had two wings. It is certainly reasonable to have to have a high AOA and a much higher speed with a missing wing. In a F-111 with the wings stuck back at 72 degrees, our landing speed would be well over 200 knots with a very high AOA compared to a normal approach and landing. |
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Jim Macklin wrote: http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/110099.html I was in a McDonnell -Douglas tech-rep's office at Langley AFB when the message first came in. They figured it was an error in translation that should have said "three feet of wing missing", not " three feet remaining". The flight controls in the F-15 don't necessarily move the way you expect when you move the stick. You move the stick and rudders to tell the airplane what you want it to do and the flight control computer sort of figures out where to move things. Anything the F-15 has two of, you can fly with one of. I always figured it was tougher than a B-17, or anything else. |
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