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minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 hours 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.”
minus-squareDontMakeMoreBabieslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 hours agoI 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.”
“the F-15 landed at twice the normal speed to maintain the necessary lift, and its tailhook was torn off completely during the landing.”
I like this part even better: