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Interesting F-18 crash pictures

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NikPreviousAcct

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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? :D

nik
 

Novgrod

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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 :)
 
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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."
 

Spoooon

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<< 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

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

STUPID!!!!!! YOUR SO STUPID!!!!!!!!
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Oh, the irony is killing me. :p
 

Amused

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<< 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.