Can an aircraft lose an entire wing at altitude and land safely?

[Traveler]

Seeing is believing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LQGI-bEucQ

[skorpion]

sorry but this is just fake and a load of crap. doing that and landing would be a one in a billion shot. just will NOT happen

[saggs]

It can if it's an Israeli F-15.  Actually happened back in the 1983.  

EDIT: found the story on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LveSc8Lp0ZE  dramatized by the History Channel

[F22RaptorDude]

reminds me of the hellcat, or F6F can loose a wing and still keep most control as long as you keep your speed up

[Reaper90]

Seeing is believing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LQGI-bEucQ

Yes, an RC aircraft can lose a wing and land with the help of computer animation.

[flight17]

yup, F-15 can if it goes fast enough.

MD determined that the body was wide enough to create enough lift to stay in the air with just a stub of a wing like the Israeli F-15 had.

Reaper, an rc plane can just plain old do it. ironically, i think this was the basis for the above fake video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOOd7XguC9M

Also there was a case where a SAAB 340's engine detached from its mount and became wedged sideways on the wing. Falling out of the sky, the crew were able to make a successful(ish) forced landing in a field and i believe half the people survived.

[Reaper90]

Reaper, an rc plane can just plain old do it. ironically, i think this was the basis for the above fake video

I know, I just added the second part about the animation since it was used to blend the "real" and R/C parts together to create the fake.

I've seen plenty of R/C aircraft hang on their props and "hover" suspended. It's all about thrust to weight. 

[TequilaChaser]

Well, back when we were on the USS Roosevelt doing the initial carrier quals & shake down, one of our S-3A vikings had compressor stall and it blowed out stator vanes and flung them completely thru the fuselage behind the back seat occupants on the right engine and took off the right wing from the engine mount out.... just as he catapulted off the deck ( he was about cple hundred yards out catapulted off the deck), he flew that plane around on the left turbofan and maybe what 3 feet of right wing from the wingroot to the engine mount, no right engine power or complete outer wing completely gone.and he caught the 2 wire and landed it...

[L0nGb0w]

yup, F-15 can if it goes fast enough.

MD determined that the body was wide enough to create enough lift to stay in the air with just a stub of a wing like the Israeli F-15 had.

Reaper, an rc plane can just plain old do it. ironically, i think this was the basis for the above fake video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOOd7XguC9M

Also there was a case where a SAAB 340's engine detached from its mount and became wedged sideways on the wing. Falling out of the sky, the crew were able to make a successful(ish) forced landing in a field and i believe half the people survived.

beat me to it, i was going to post this israeli f-15.  pretty impressive

[Reaper90]

beat me to it, i was going to post this israeli f-15.  pretty impressive

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see, that's what happens  when you ace pilot.

 

[redman555]

That video is fake, they did it with a model.


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