Yeah, it's pretty amazing: something the shape of a glider would not fly well enough with one wing.
But something like an F-15 gets a lot of lift from the engine intakes and the shape of the fuselage. The commentary states that he landed at about 250 knots instead of the usual 130... so you could say it wasn't flying very well! The commentary implies that his wingman didn't tell him there was a wing missing ;-) On Wed, 21 May 2008 09:13:16 +0930 "D S Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh oh oh! I can add to this one! =) > > Another email from the archives of Papa Baker: > > Now this is really something. > www.sonnyradio.com/F15.wmv > My engineering mind says it is not possible yet here is the photo's to prove > it. > How can you fly an F15 with only one wing. > Listen to the pilot's commentory. > And he LANDED. > Unbelievable. > Nige. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
