F-15 Flying on One Wing

[33vortex]

This is bullshit, of course the F-15 rely heavily on a lifting body, its high-altitude performance rely completely on it. As does the F22's. Aerodynamically impossible, for a glider perhaps with a very high aspect ratio. For a low aspect ratio supersonic fighter with a lifting body design, not really impossible. Difficult to land but not impossible, as was proven.

[SteelSnail]

Incredible! Yep, definitevely the wide body helped to create lift on the right side.

And I don't know why they show footage of an F-100.

[fordfan25]

That was frickn wild. Seems the USA builds its fighters like it does its cars, parts may fall off but they keep on going :p reminds me of the p47's that were so shot up they had pistons hanging out of the motor's yet would still make it back to base. same with F4u's. i remember reading about one ww2 piolet that got hit hard by flak in a f4u and it had blown a piston out of the motor and he said after seeing the damage that after it hapend he did not even know the motor was hit lol.

[bananatroops]

cool

[loperspest]

Both engines were still good and all the back tail were still good. But still, wow, just wow.

[vortex247]

this is amazing!

I've never seen a plane do that!

[NWA90s]

thats bcoz none can do that, except f15

[HiperuKuruzu]

No dude, what your thinking of as laser tag in the sky is what they do at Red flag and other ones with real pilots. The palne he shot down was basically a remote controlled airplane, kinda like a big RC target, that's what happens to some plans that become absolete. i'm sure you've seen American F-15 Eagles shoot down F-4 Phatoms before, which is kinda why they made the LCAT [Low Cost Airal Target] that's how its done.

[EinhanderSn0m4n]

Fuck you spambot.

[intruderalert01]

@EinhanderSn0m4n Are you just trying to show that you can speak english like a gentleman, or is it some other motive i haven't figured yet? It's not to offend you, not at all, it's just half of the guys here won't uderstand a damn thing you are saying, that is, if you keep writing that way, with latin terms like "ad hominem" and stuff like that. Just keep it simple.

[PlaneAU]

What!! I dont understand, as training exercises, they put you in a plane to shoot down another pilot or get shot down yourself!!?? (how does that work!)

PLZ REPLY

[Hephaestos]

I think they run the exercise until one plane has a radar lock on the target, and call that a win. Of course I'm not sure, I've never done it myself.

[jtdevil50]

It is a simulated missile. They are basically playing lazer tag in the sky.

[seq165432]

AMAZING

[SlyManPX]

I'm not too sure. Was it the plane? Or the skills of the pilot?

[tjgulen]

both

[irish89055]

saved the US taxpaper a lot of money...

[IndIka024]

Not really, the U.S gives Israel way too much money anyway, even if he ejected we would still give them the same amount we always do.

[irish89055]

they'll be a wantin some of them dar F -22 's next lol..

[kicknbazz1615]

do we still use the f-15?

[savagenationlgf]

No, we do not.  Iran is the only nation flying the F-15 and we are shredding all our Eagles out at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson. This is to keep any parts out of the hands of Dinnerjacket and his genocidal buddies in Teheran.

[tjgulen]

what are you smoking!!! we still use the F-15 all the time, mostly the E model. and Israel is like the only other country that uses it besides us. and btw we shreded a few of our B-52's not Eagles.

[savagenationlgf]

oops, I should have said the F14, not the F15, shit

[jtdevil50]

Korea also uses the F-15, along with Saudi Arabia. I believe there are a few others but can't come up with them off the top of my head

[kdraper2007]

That's the F-14 tomcat.

[flyboy21193]

no we have the f-22 and the f-35

[tjgulen]

dude we have other planes besides those. there's the F-16 and A-10 for example.

[daguy1234]

A-10 and F-15 are the best aircraft!

[bobo441]

the f-15 is nice but my question; Its it the Israeli pilot's skills that made the landing possible or its it the plane?

[atvman101]

this is not fake ur a fag

[EinhanderSn0m4n]

Lessee here. Broken-record debate tactics, total failure to address even one point of my rebuttal, and obstinant pig-headed racism. Try getting your head out of the local fundie preacher/rabbi/imam/etc's ass and go to School.

[EinhanderSn0m4n]

LOL. A trolling attempt via racist ad hominem. What an incredibly logically stunning argument you've found for why that F-15 fighter aircraft landed safely despite having its wing shorn off. :P

[Rifrro]

boeing at its best :D

[Tarawa300]

Mcdonald Douglas designed the F-15.

[gomo2000]

McDONNEL Douglas...LOL McDOnald :))))

[Kenzofeis]

2-engine planes like these also have lifting surface between the engines because they are "widely" spaced, so, at somewhat high speed flight can be sustained.. but it looks impossible ;P

[irishpimp1001]

and landed it! WOW!

[liamsand]

wow, and I though only a DC-3 could fly with one wing. Great job.

[atvman101]

DC-3 cant fly with one wing

[Altyr5]

I remember hearing that the A-4 Skyhawk pilot punched out. Can anyone confirm that the skyhawk pilot indeed survived?

[leatherwoman]

In 81 when i was a mecanic for the swedish

air force two saab 35 draken colided in

the air(head on colision) both landed on one wing one with

bent tail fin also the one with bent fin

was dismantled The other one flew again

after i inspected the atatchment point

fore craks and replaced the wing with a

new one the 35:s are built tough as a

farm tractor just five hours work fore

me alone to change wing

[andrewobrien33]

I saw that on tv and was speachless that the Eagle could sustain thart amount of damage and still recover and fly... the physics he described were right on tho and thanks for the vid... Badass Bro

[1ktdid]

That was amazing. That pilot.... well really what can you say to describe greatness? Awesome!

[CrazyAbe101]

that was STARSCREAM! (transformers). lol very skilled pilot.

[andrewobrien33]

close... starscream was an F22 Raptor which looks almost the same except it has slanted rear rudders and has an amazing amount of new components that make it stealthy and fast as hell... the look similar but are two entirely different animals

[CrazyAbe101]

dude but in the transformers book it says starscream is an F15.

[CrazyAbe101]

ohhh nooo man the F22 raptor comes out in the LIVE ACTION transformers movie! lol im talking about the F15 eagle starscream from the 80's cartoon series! :)

[BlackDano]

that was freaking amazing,

i think something was carrying it,

like an angle....cause god rules

[EinhanderSn0m4n]

I prefer the Occam's Razor explanation of lifting-body effect, good airplane, and damn good pilot!

[funwatcher]

an airplain engenier sat that if the engine is powerful enought you can fly a cube..hehe...awesome pilot i must say...and a awesome airplain...but what we see in the vid at 2:41 is computeranimated...

[EinhanderSn0m4n]

Agreed on the CGI at 2.41, there was no video of the real incident, so a reenactment was filmed.

[CrazyAbe101]

its not CGI but they just edited a normal f-15 video so it looks like it h as only 1 wing. in this case the added brightness to the left wing so it wont be vissable.

[smokepotgetbusted]

Skilled Pilot.

[AshKetchem3500]

HOLY S**T!!!

[overdrive1488]

The lifting body on the F-15 is huge, as he said keep it moving and you can keep it up. Only thing im curious about is if that much fuel is leaking out, how did he return to base? Also the reason for Solo Wing Pixy's name =D

[demonofragriz]

hell cant u see? this is FAKE! he would never be able to make it back with THAT MUCH fuel leaking!

[sluggohead824]

you probably don't think the US landed on the moon either...

[LMF5000]

@demonofragriz You do realise that there are fuel tanks in the other wing and in various other places? And the airfield was only 10 miles away, he could have practically gotten there without engines...

[CrazyAbe101]

he glided. lol

[oreodog999]

bring it on f-22 your no match for the

screemin eagle.and if anyone knows that pilot

tell him he's the reallife one winged spirit

becuase he made video game charicter come

to life.

[ScreamorPro911]

If I rememeber right, the A-10 is capable of maintaining air speed and flight with 7ft missing from either wing. My dad knows a guy who use to fly A-10s out of Battle Creek, Michigan that landed an A-10 with no hydraulics and a locked up engine. Crazy shit.

[qwertyplay123]

there was another plane which landed with one wing missing too, I believe it's an F-4 Phantom

[qwertyplay123]

The F-15 only had 35cm of wing remaining

[devinhallsworth]

That is just crazy. Now imagine if that was an actual battle and he had tried to get back in the fight without realizing he only had one wing.

[littlesmo3]

dang man thats flipin AWSOME, i want to fly one:P

[440077]

Thats really on a wing and a prayer!!! Fantastic flying too!!

[Sterlin876]

Ballin

[greendayhud]

OO

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[gizmokc]

I'm highly suspicious of the accuracy of this, but I have to check some facts(one obvious innaccuracy, the airplane they used stock footage of was an F-100, NOT an A-4, as they stated)

[garygerman13]

This is not actual footage. This is just a sort of "re-creation" by Modern Marvels to relate the story using footage from several other aircraft. The story its self is intriguing even though the IAF or Boeing has ever actually confirmed it.

[baronvonkristophe]

That's just insane...

[Correctivemind]

Awesome!!!

[yrunaked4]

Im suprised the tires held up on touchdown.

[h78meiri]

The IAF rocks !!! - אחלה טייסים בחיל האויר הישראלי

[IsraeliXdude]

Great engineering!

[jeepman65]

lol agreed

[missingtime111]

lol I thought when he said "I looked back to shake his hand" he was gonna say he was gone or something.

[jeepman65]

Then what would you call this post fr33dom? The eagle did indeed fly on one wing...

[EinhanderSn0m4n]

Some people just don't know when to restrain themselves from putting fingers to keys, Jeepman. We in the Real World call it various things as 'poor impulse control', but we can just as easily deem it 'rank stupidity'. :D

[Fr33dom34]

please dont post bullshit like "flying on one wing". as everyone know that a plane cannot fly on one wign.. thanks..

[joeaknox]

Sure it can! Did you ever see a stunt plane fly a knife edge? It fly's on it's side with no wings at all.

[Fr33dom34]

first flying on one wing, then flying with no wing at all

hahahahha

[rockyPants4000]

Not exactly "flying". Aircraft flying at "Knife Edge" are really using the fuselage for small amount of lift, and a lot of momentum and thrust for the rest. It's uncomfortable, uses a lot of fuel, and is not feasible for any distance other than the length of a stunt pass.

[Sunnygrrl99]

Damn impressive.

[gamerdude132]

awsome

[SenorSpode]

And to think we want to replace this plane. Run it 'til it drops! It already demonstrated it can fly beyond that!

[ApacheCobra]

Those were F-15E Strike Eagles. The US is not retiring them until well beyond 2020. Its the F-15C eagle thats going to be replaced, but we are still going to keep a few handfuls of F-15Cs while the F-22A takes over the primary air-to-air role

[SenorSpode]

The F22 is garbage. The only thing it's proven is that it's a perfect parallel to the Brewster Buffalo we entered WWII with. We never seem to learn...

[ApacheCobra]

well apparently then according to you it seems that 8 packs of flying garbage were able to shoot down 33 F-15s in mock dog fights while the F-15s weren't even able to see the flying garbage, visually, or on radar

[SenorSpode]

Of course, you can't cite your source...

[ApacheCobra]

Sorry didnt notice this comment. Check the F-22 article on wikipedia, its on there. When you reach the F-22 article press ctrl-f and type in "We killed 33" without the quotation marks and press enter. The source is the USAF itself (wikipedia sites the source on the article).