Any pilots out there?
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Any pilots out there?
This guy must need clean shorts. 
Just amazing he could have the presence of mind to try and maintain control and get it on the ground.
YouTube - Incredible One Wing Landing
Just amazing he could have the presence of mind to try and maintain control and get it on the ground.
YouTube - Incredible One Wing Landing
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there was a video of an israeli F15 that lost a wing, it was an easy land cuz what no one knew, at over 230-250kts, there is enuf lift from the engine nacelle and stabilator to keep it wings level
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YouTube - Paul Mantz "Flight of the Phoenix" accident
Paul Mantz and Frank Tallman were partners here based at Orange County Airport here in SoCal. I knew Tallman continued the movie aviation consulting after his partner's death and that he had only one leg. I was always led to believe that Tallman had lost his leg in an aviation stunt crash. But no, he unglamorusly injured his leg in a gocart accident, it got infected and had to be amputated.
Great post and I sure learned a lot today about one of my favorite subjects! You can read all about the partnership and Tallman's eventual demise in this wiki link:
Frank Tallman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yup, it's not real as in a real full size airplane. You can fly a remote control airplane like that if you have the skill and the model is ready for it. This one was.
The long tail on Paul's plane is what caused the accident. He landed soft enough but the forces on it snapped if off easily and it had already been stressed. Stress is not your friend in the air.
The long tail on Paul's plane is what caused the accident. He landed soft enough but the forces on it snapped if off easily and it had already been stressed. Stress is not your friend in the air.
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