PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A sub for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoDON'T THREATEN OUR PLANES (Centurii-chan)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1148cross-posted to: noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1148imageDON'T THREATEN OUR PLANES (Centurii-chan)lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A sub for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarecan_you_change_your_username@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28·8 days agoThe F-15 is the only plane to have safely landed, not a controlled crash but actually returned to a runway and landed, after losing a wing. Edit to add link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days ago“the F-15 landed at twice the normal speed to maintain the necessary lift, and its tailhook was torn off completely during the landing.”
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoBut the pilots quote was best of all “it’s highly likely that if I had seen it clearly I would have ejected, because it was obvious you couldn’t really fly an airplane like that.”
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days ago because it was obvious you couldn’t really fly an airplane like that. Looney Tunes “Don’t look down” level achievement
The F-15 is the only plane to have safely landed, not a controlled crash but actually returned to a runway and landed, after losing a wing.
Edit to add link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision
“the F-15 landed at twice the normal speed to maintain the necessary lift, and its tailhook was torn off completely during the landing.”
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But the pilots quote was best of all
Looney Tunes “Don’t look down” level achievement
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