Interesting F-18 crash pictures

[NikPreviousAcct]

Nobody tell, but I've got the 20mm cannon and ammo drum in my room. It's mounted across the room, pointed at my sliding-glass door to the outside with a movement span of 90 degrees in every direction. I've attached a motion sensor with a shape, face, voice recognition software box to it.

Anybody wanna come over and play?

nik

 

[Novgrod]

According to Tom Wolfe, they didn't eject because ejecting means you don't have the "right stuff" and it's considered much more right-stuffish to land the plane.

Then again, who says he knows anything

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I feel the need. The need for speed.

"One more stunt like that and the two of you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog sh!t out of Hong Kong."

 

[MazerRackham]

Man, those guys had some balls to bring those planes down... so this happened 8 years ago?

 

[Spoooon]

<< didnt tom clancy once report that an F15 eagle can fly with only 4 feet of wing on each side? i think most aircraft are designed to a point where a good chunk of the wing can be shot off and still be airworthy. >>


I saw a picture of an F-15 that some pilot managed to bring back with most of one wing gone.

 

[Amused]

<< Lucky as hell. I want to sound like Kunni from UHF:

STUPID!!!!!! YOUR SO STUPID!!!!!!!! >>



Oh, the irony is killing me.

 

[Amused]

<< didnt tom clancy once report that an F15 eagle can fly with only 4 feet of wing on each side? i think most aircraft are designed to a point where a good chunk of the wing can be shot off and still be airworthy. >>



I believe how much wing you can lose is diectly proportional to the weight of your plane. These planes are made to carry rather heavy ordinance loads.