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Thread ID: 130384 2013-04-08 04:11:00 Plane landing on one wing John H (8) PC World Chat
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1335862 2013-04-08 04:11:00 You might have already seen this, but it is pretty amazing:

www.youtube.com

Warning, moron alert (amongst the observers)...
John H (8)
1335863 2013-04-08 04:52:00 Surely you mean (amongst the believers) PaulD (232)
1335864 2013-04-08 04:55:00 This is pretty old and has been discussed on various forums and was found out to be a fake.
:)
Trev (427)
1335865 2013-04-08 05:21:00 It would be fake, unless my understanding of flight entirely flawed. The lift generated from the single wing would cause him to spin uncontrollably across the longitudinal axis. No doubt about it.

In a light + powerful plane (one that's able to "hover" vertically) you could possibly arrest your decent and slow your fall to earth. Very unlikely/boarderline impossible though since you'd have to end up in the right orientation purely by luck.
The Error Guy (14052)
1335866 2013-04-08 08:23:00 That was a fake but several years ago a famous English aerobatic pilot whose name escapes me at the moment was flying a Zlin and saw one wing starting to fold up. Thinking quickly he rolled the aircraft inverted and flew it to the ground like that. At ground level he rolled the aircraft upright and got it on the ground before the wing folded up again. For the pilots amongst us it had to be rolled in one direction to keep the wing in place. Cool head there. tut (12033)
1335867 2013-04-08 09:01:00 Here's another:

F15 landing on one wing (www.youtube.com)
WalOne (4202)
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