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THIS is piloting

This almost, almost, looks like a set-up in order to show off some flying skills.

A man doing some stunts loses a wing. He doesn’t panic. He goes into some very specific maneuvers that look a lot like a game plan should this very thing ever happen to him.

It’s amazing.

ht/ Boobie the Rocket Dog

24 Comments on THIS is piloting

  1. Totally FAKE, no doubt about it. The first part, losing the wing may be real, but then you lose sight of the aircraft and after that the computer graphics take over.

    There was an Israeli F-15 that lost a wing in a mid-air that landed successfully, even the McDonnell Douglas people from St. Louis couldn’t believe that one. You can find it on Google.

  2. No. It was doctored video. It’s been around for a while.

    The FMC in some advanced fighter aircraft can compensate for loss of a wing or part of the empennage and fly within a truncated performance envelope. Most famous, of course, was the IAF F15 that lost a wing and stabilizer in a mid-air and landed successfully. However, a Mark-I human critter, even in an overpowered stunt plane, cannot do that.

  3. “Don’t believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see.”

    Lew Bowles

    Notice that when the wing falls off there are no cables, electrical wires, flap controls, or fuel connections?

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