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Offline artik

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« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2003, 05:36:48 AM »
Yes it is real storry - I do not understand how did he land this plane however it is true.

The plane landed without wing, I think if pilot had realised the amount of damage he would just bailed as pilot of Skyhawk did - but he tryed to land it and do it quite sucessefull.
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« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2003, 11:13:49 AM »
The F-15 I believe, gets some lift provided by its fuselage, a "lifting body" if I remember correctly.  Or at least partially.  So that may have contributed to its survival.

Widewing, thanks for the info.  Rasimus's book was great.  Has he written anything about his time in the F4 Phantom?  I also just finished Maj. Gen Ken Bells' book "A Hundred Missions North".  Both books are great, but tell the story from very different perspectives.  Rasimus from a young Lt. just learning fighters, to Bell a 35 yr old major who was much higher up in the wing structure, and the command decisions.
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« Reply #17 on: November 25, 2003, 06:07:35 PM »
A USAF Colonel and a F15 Squadron Leader (The Gorillas, stationed in Iceland a couple of years ago) Told me of an incident where an F15 landed with only 1 wing.
A student pilot (From Japan if I remember right) flew into a power/phone cable who severed one wing right off.
He landed successfully!
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It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2003, 01:11:11 AM »
At 1994 a Mirage 2000 lost his engine some km before his base (Tanagra) near
athens.
The pilot had bring it down to 2metres alt
(6 feet) over straight railways and he eject.  The plane sit soft on the railways
and stoped intact exept some minor damage (flaps, belly).
(M2000 delta wing).
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