Airplane loses a wing in air

[Don Bowey]

On a small scale, however.....

http://www.break.com/index/plane-loses-wing-in-mid-flight.html

 

[Adrian Jansen]

On a small scale, however.....

http://www.break.com/index/plane-loses-wing-in-mid-flight.html

Something about a good power-to-weight ratio...

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[Don Bowey]

Something about a good power-to-weight ratio...

And a large rudder surface area.

 

[PeterD]

I Spanish fighter pilot told someone I know that it doesn't matter if a
wing gets shot off because they have a spare one on the other side.

There is at least one recorded case of a fighter pilot landing a
fighter that had lost one wing. The air-craft's computers did an
outstanding job of keeping the figher flyable even under what amounted
to a situation similar to the infamouse bumble-bee...

 

[StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt]

There is at least one recorded case of a fighter pilot landing a
fighter that had lost one wing. The air-craft's computers did an
outstanding job of keeping the figher flyable even under what amounted
to a situation similar to the infamouse bumble-bee...

It was featured on the military channel in a documentary about jets.

 

[John O'Flaherty]

On a small scale, however.....

http://www.break.com/index/plane-loses-wing-in-mid-flight.html

Phenomenal skill demonstrated under adverse circumstances. The
cameraman deserves our admiration. Oh, the pilot, too...