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DON'T THREATEN OUR PLANES (Centurii-chan) (lemmy.world)
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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"the F-15 landed at twice the normal speed to maintain the necessary lift, and its tailhook was torn off completely during the landing."

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like this part even better:

He added, "Only when McDonnell Douglas later went to analyze it, they said, OK, the F-15 has a very wide [lifting] body; you fly fast enough and you're like a rocket. You don't need wings."

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But 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."

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

because it was obvious you couldn’t really fly an airplane like that.

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