Thats how you fly boys and girls

conceited

What a pilot .

SuperSean11

Whyd you post this

conceited

Whats your iq?

SuperSean11

A Billion

conceited

You answered your own question.
Run along now...

SuperSean11

Your welcome

jmayo

Take a look at this.
One of the few old and bold pilots.
To do the stuff he does at low level with both engines off is something else. Most pilots would just want to land and go for stiff drink.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBcapxGHjE

samhail

i think there was a lot of luck in that aswell, im sure he would agree.

ronnie3585

samhail wrote: »

i think there was a lot of luck in that aswell, im sure he would agree.

Absolutely not. That's Bob Hoover flying, pure God given stick and rudder talent.

SuperSean11

conceited wrote: »

You answered your own question.
Run along now...

Its clearly a fake so why post it?

pclancy

Bob Hoover is deadly! Love the ice tea bit

electric69

why would you post something this stupid?

APM

I'd say its a model aeroplane. Couldn't be real.

Reoil

Obviously a fake.

ronnie3585

It's not a fake or a model. Just Google 'Bob Hoover' - the man is a living legend.

Laphroaig52

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/onewing.asp

jmayo

ronnie3585 wrote: »

It's not a fake or a model. Just Google 'Bob Hoover' - the man is a living legend.

Ok the clip I posted of Bob Hoover is definetly not a fake, but the original post of someone landing what looks like an Extra most probably is.

Some one has indeed managed to land an aircraft with affectively most of one wing missing but that happened to be an Israeli Fighter jet that lost most of a wing during training maneuovers.
It flew becuase the engines provided so much trust but the chances of landing normal aircraft with one wing totally missing is probably zero I would guess.
Maybe somebody can give it a try ?

But the thing is that some real pilots have done some things that are indeed unbelievable and one such pilot was Bob Hoover.

Reoil

ronnie3585 wrote: »

It's not a fake or a model. Just Google 'Bob Hoover' - the man is a living legend.

"Legend" or not. The video is a fake.
Mr Hoover cannot defy the laws of physics, which this plane does.

ronnie3585

Reoil wrote: »

"Legend" or not. The video is a fake.
Mr Hoover cannot defy the laws of physics, which this plane does.

How does he 'defy the laws of physics'?

diverdriver

Snopes was quite revealing. Clearly the video is faked but Snopes has a video of a model losing it's wing and landing more or less safely. Now models are different and are invariably overpowered with the result seen.

I would surmise that with the wing gone, the combined effect of torque, slipstream effect and the angle of attack of the fuselage would be enough to generate lift from the fuselage and reduce the effect of lift on the remaining wing. In fact with a symetrical airfoil and no angle of attack, the remaining wing woudn't generate any lift at all. Any lift might be counteracted by the aileron. On it's side like that the rudder is now the elevator and the elevator is the rudder.

In theory therefore it would be possible for a full size aircraft to survive such an accident. But unlikely.

Snopes declares it to be undetermined, but frankly it really is obviously fake. If you weren't convinced by that. Then the interview of the 'pilot' 'James Andersson' should. Apparently it's a Giles 300, with a 'boxer' 6 cylinder lycoming. He was supposed to have been in the RAF but left because of the lack of 'sorties'. Plus he has the most Germanic accent I ever heard from an 'RAF' pilot.:D

It's clever marketing alright. Brilliant even. I wonder were they inspired by the picture of the model?

jmayo

Reoil wrote: »

"Legend" or not. The video is a fake.
Mr Hoover cannot defy the laws of physics, which this plane does.

FFS the video of the one winged plane is probably a fake and it is NOT BOB HOOVER.

Bob Hoover video is the following (having problems inserting the video).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBcapxGHjE

He did aerobatcis in a twin with power off and at low level.
Also he did the ice tea trick.
The guy was a legend.

Ok again there are tow separate videos in this thread.
One fake, one real showing how some pilots can really fly.

Kintarō Hattori

jmayo wrote: »

Take a look at this.
One of the few old and bold pilots.
To do the stuff he does at low level with both engines off is something else. Most pilots would just want to land and go for stiff drink.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBcapxGHjE

Just saw this now- incredible stuff and he's so modest.

Dacian

jmayo wrote: »

Some one has indeed managed to land an aircraft with affectively most of one wing missing but that happened to be an Israeli Fighter jet that lost most of a wing during training maneuovers.
It flew becuase the engines provided so much trust but the chances of landing normal aircraft with one wing totally missing is probably zero I would guess.

The aircraft in question was an IDF F-15. It collided with an A-4 Skyhawk. It was able to get back to base with approx 75% of one wing missing as the fuselage itself generates sufficient lift to allow the pilot to stay airborne above stall speed.

Pics: http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/110099.html

youtheman

If you want another example of reak airmanship then google 'Neil Williams Zlin, or look here :http://www.aerobatics.org.uk/repeats/zlin_wing_failure.htm

He suffered an in-flight failure of a wing spar, and rolled inverted to keep the wing from folding (inverted in was in compression). He then fly an approach inverted and just rolled upright at the last minute. I believe he was ex-Red Arrows, but got killed in an air accident later on (I think, from memory).

ian_m

This actually happened yesterday. The pilot lost a wing and walked away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrVxp_gyTcI

CaptainSkidmark

jesus there are some very uptight people in this forum. get over yer selves.

SNAKEDOC

thats that aircraft recovery system. its been sold on a whole load of comercial small engined aircraft in the states. the inventer must be sitting on a nice bit of dosh by now. the comercial model launches a parachute and it keeps the aircraft horizontal to the ground where as the video show a tail parachute making the plane go nose down

Delancey

OP , please tell me you don't actually believe that was for real - obvious fake.

pclancy

Keep it nice and friendly please...its just a video not something worth getting banned over.

xflyer

Really old thread this. November 2008!