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Ron in SoCal 10-16-2014 10:16 PM

Wing falls off in flight
 
Ok get this...

Unbelievable flying. There was no way he could level the plane as he had no lift on the right wing. So he flies upside down, puts it on its side, forced the nose up, added all the power he had, turning the fuselage into a wing sufficient to check the rate of drop. When he was close enough to earth, he flattened the plane and dropped like a rock but on his landing gear.



Edit: It's fake, but still cool :D

Sieg 10-16-2014 10:21 PM

Don't give up, don't ever give up.
- Jim Valvano

Spiffav8 10-16-2014 10:35 PM

You know that's a fake...right. :lol:

Ron in SoCal 10-16-2014 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sieg (Post 574835)
Don't give up, don't ever give up.
- Jim Valvano

Best speech of all time!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiffav8 (Post 574841)
You know that's a fake...right. :lol:

Yeah, but an F-15 did it...(around the 3:00 minute mark)


Spiffav8 10-16-2014 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal (Post 574844)
Best speech of all time!



Yeah, but an F-15 did it...(around the 3:00 minute mark)


Yup. That had to be one insane ride. Amazing that he was able to generate enough lift on that remaining shard of a wing to keep that thing in the air. I'd bet he used just about every drop of gas with the afterburners maxed out to do it. His shorts where probably full though!


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