Re:Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s
by bluedino on Thursday March 06, 2014 @02:43PM
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They can also take an incredible amount of damage, to the point of being able to be brought back to base missing one of the wings.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BecNTYPYbU
This one came back with bullet holes, but still had both wings.
On a truck? No A-10 can fly while missing an entire wing. :)
No An A-10 has successfully returned to base with half of one wing missing. Big difference. It's not the only plane to claim this (notably, the B-17).
Re:Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s
by stcredzero on Thursday March 06, 2014 @03:40PM
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Also, an Israeli F-15 flew back to base after having one entire wing sheared off in a mid-air collision.
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/9884/did-an-f-15...
An F-8 Crusader Navy jet could take off with its wings still folded, then come around and land again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader#Operational...
(Search for "wings folded". I like the part about the pilot complaining that the controls felt "heavy.")