F-15 flies home on one wing!

[Thorlifter]

F-15 Flys Home With One Wing | SplodeTV.com

 

[Tangopilot89]

Completely lost for words.

 

[N4521U]

holey


moley


!

 

[vikingBerserker]

WOW!

 

[Crimea_River]

Amazing

 

[N4521U]

I once heard, when I was aboard the USS Yorktown, there is nothing scarier than landing on a pitching deck, at night, in the rain.....


Wanna bet!

 

[Gixxerman]

I remember reading that with both the F15 Eagle the F14 Tomcat the main fuselage body (as well as the wings, obviously) is fully intended designed to contribute a major amount of the lift the aircraft generates.
I guess this is a, pretty extreme, example of that element of the design coming in extremely useful.
Lucky man.

 

[Grampa]

Already been posted
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/modern/belive-not-6403.html

 

[gjs238]

The pilot spoke of lowering his tailhook to snag the runway cable.
Sounds like something from a naval aircraft.

 

[Wildcat]

The pilot spoke of lowering his tailhook to snag the runway cable.
Sounds like something from a naval aircraft.

I take it these are standard on modern comabt aircraft? See this for an F-111 using a tail hook.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIyYK9oz9Go

 

[vikingBerserker]

The pilot spoke of lowering his tailhook to snag the runway cable.
Sounds like something from a naval aircraft.

Most US Fighters (Navy and Air Force) have tailhooks.

 

[pbfoot]

They all do have hooks , naval aircraft will take the cable on the approach end of RWY and AF aircraft will take the departure end cable as a rule