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Re:Did an F-15 airplane successfully land with just one wing? by zandor on Friday March 07, 2014 @11:48AM (#7361237)
This is not related, but still an interesting event. The Cornfield Bomber: An F-106 that went into a spin, pilot ejected, plane then managed to recover from spin and land itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M2XZEYqIpQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber

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Re:Did an F-15 airplane successfully land with just one wing? by dredmorbius on Friday March 07, 2014 @07:26PM (#7363660)
Thus demonstrating aeronautical symmetry: pilot landing w/o a wing, vs. wings landing w/o a pilot.
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