• Mac@mander.xyz
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      2 months ago

      “the F-15 landed at twice the normal speed to maintain the necessary lift, and its tailhook was torn off completely during the landing.”

      • DontMakeMoreBabies
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        I like this part even better:

        He added, “Only when McDonnell Douglas later went to analyze it, they said, OK, the F-15 has a very wide [lifting] body; you fly fast enough and you’re like a rocket. You don’t need wings.”

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          But the pilots quote was best of all

          “it’s highly likely that if I had seen it clearly I would have ejected, because it was obvious you couldn’t really fly an airplane like that.”

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            because it was obvious you couldn’t really fly an airplane like that.

            Looney Tunes “Don’t look down” level achievement