HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?

kiramdear · Post by **kiramdear** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:01 pm

OMG my heart is pounding so hard! Un-believeable!

He used the body as the foil and the one wing vertical to aim it, then flip, pretty as you please.

Danotron · Post by **Danotron** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:10 pm

While watching this All I could think was that there is no way this is going to end well...............amazing.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:12 pm

That's not fake?

tennis_nick · Post by **tennis_nick** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:17 pm

sloop_john_b wrote:That's not fake?

Yes it is. Several CG "artifacts" when it comes down and lands, it doesn't react "right"

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:47 pm

Well, it can be done, given the right aircraft:

Yes, it's real and it flew home and landed safely. It was an Israeli F15 with one hell of a pilot.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:50 pm

Awesome!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:59 pm

Nick's correct:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/onewing.asp

Still, I had to change my underwear...now I wear KILLATHRILL.

kiramdear · Post by **kiramdear** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:44 pm

Oh man, we wuz robbed!

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:12 pm

F A K E !

But cool!

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:54 pm

Cool Paul..had me going there! Here's one..less mind blowing but awesome..and real

fireglo67 · Post by **fireglo67** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:29 pm

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:38 pm

Fake!

wittyair · Post by **wittyair** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:11 pm

Wings are generally required on both sides of the fuselage.

gibsonlp · Post by **gibsonlp** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:24 am

cjj wrote:Well, it can be done, given the right aircraft:
F15Wing1.jpg
Yes, it's real and it flew home and landed safely. It was an Israeli F15 with one hell of a pilot.

Yup, and now -a shameless plug of patriotism:
As an ex-soldier in the IAF I am very proud in our Air Force and truely believe it is currently the best Air Force in the world as it is the most battle experienced Air Force in modern warfare.
Here is the story about the 1 wing F15:

2 segments from "60 minutes" about the IAF:

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