An Israeli F-15 landed without a wing (2020)
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An Israeli F-15 landed without a wing (2020)
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#2The pilot and crew were ordered to eject. Instead he tells his commander he thinks he can land the plane. He then gave the crew the option to eject but they elected to stay with him. But he made this decision without really knowing the extent of the damage until he landed. He said upon seeing the damage that maybe we should have ejected!
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#3Everything about the incident is surreal. Neither student nor instructor could tell the wing was missing until they landed because a fuel leak obscured their view. The instructor told the student, who outranked him, to eject. The student refused. They had to fly almost twice as fast as usual to remain stable when landing. The plane manufacturer didn’t believe the incident until in-flight photos were produced.
And the plane was so sturdy they just stuck another wing on it and put it back in service.
Update: /u/rmason did a better summary while I was writing mine but I refuse to delete due to sunk cost fallacy—thumb pain incurred while typing
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#4What's so hard about this? It's sounds like they only had half as much plane to land, so it was probably even easier than usual.
Onwards to management! :D
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#5Some of the best pilots in the world. Pretty amazing stuff.
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#6An F-35 read this headline in the hangar and blew up.
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#7No news on what happened to the pilot in the A-4N...
Re: An Israeli F-15 landed without a wing (2020)
#8What's so hard about this? It's sounds like they only had half as much plane to land, so it was probably even easier than usual. Onwards to management! :D
Lighter weight, almost flew itself!
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#9No news on what happened to the pilot in the A-4N...
According to the wiki page [0], the plane was destroyed but the pilot ejected and survived.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision
Re: An Israeli F-15 landed without a wing (2020)
#10Everything about the incident is surreal. Neither student nor instructor could tell the wing was missing until they landed because a fuel leak obscured their view. The instructor told the student, who outranked him, to eject. The student refused. They had to fly almost twice as fast as usual to remain stable when landing. The plane manufacturer didn’t believe the incident until in-flight photos were produced. And the…
They treated the plane like a rocket.
Maybe the F-15 can land vertically too.