"SKY WALKER" BAR .............In honour of Deepbluewolf | Forums

[Deepbluewolf]

well from a pilot point of view, any aircraft without a wing is not flyable, so i really think that that guy was blessed not ot be able to see that he did not have a wing.

HEHE my wife was just saying that I must be a masochist for watching this things...she's implying at a mishap I had with 2 seagulls...lost my ride and a few teeth in the process...

[klcarroll]

well from a pilot point of view, any aircraft without a wing is not flyable, so i really think that that guy was blessed not ot be able to see that he did not have a wing.

It does, however, say a lot about the lifting characteristics of the F-15 fuselage.


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[lane2512]

It also speaks volumes about the avionics. I can't imagine ripping that many wires out of any machine and have it NOT stop working. Truely amazing.

Here is another (older) pilot who got it home but I have no idea how.

[jlf1961]

Excuse me guys, but there was a B-17 named "All American" that came home nearly cut in half after being rammed by an ME-109.



And there are some truly unbelievable pictures of USAAF and NAVY B-24's with massive amounts of damage in the book "Log of the Liberator."

I think the one that is my favorite is the 'after' picture of a PB4Y (navy liberator) that had to have a 500 pound air dropped mine removed from the fuesalage aft of the waist guns.

All the control wires to the rudders and stabilizers were gone, and the pilot called back to find out what happened.

The waist gunner told him, and the pilot refused to believe the facts, so he sent the navigator back to the waist to find out.

One of the gunners didnt say a word, he just kept hoping the thing would just go away.

Of course, let us not forget the insane lengths that zoomies will go to keep their aircraft.

For example:

During a patrol over Rebaul, a PB4Y had its hydrolic system shot full of holes. The pilot had just been assigned to this aircraft, and evidently believed that phrase, "you damage it, you pay for it" (shows you the lack of thinking power of the average zoomie.)

So he had the flight engineer TAPE up the hydrolic lines, then had the crew put every available fluid into the lines to build up pressure, the fluids included, but were not limited to, apple juice, the crew beer supply, urine, orange juice, and other liquids on the plane.

While they did manage to land safely with the adhoc hydrolic system, the ground crews had to rip out every line, reservoir, seal etc and replace it becuase of the unorthodox methods used to save the aircraft.

While awaiting the necessary parts, the infamous "washing machine charlie" flew over Henderson field, dropped his nightly load of bombs and, being one of the rare nights he hit anything of value, placed two bombs on the aircraft.

[Deepbluewolf]

great post guys i have a lot of stuff like that but cant seem to find it right now...i think i got it on my portable ...in my office...so ill post a few in a weeck or so

[vietvettwo]

OK, want to talk about weird stuff try this on for size.

As mentioned before, my Dad flew attack bombers in WW2. He made his Mom a model of an A-20, which he was flying at the time.

One day she's dusting the furniture and knocks the model off the top of the dresser. The right wing comes off.

Same day my Dad took a flak burst over France and lost about half of (you guessed it) the right wing.

Needless to say, he didn't make her any more models after that. He also turned her in to the FBI as a possible enemy agent.

[Deepbluewolf]

that is a flagrante case of aircraft Vodoo, but im sure your mother was made to pay accordingly...after all she HAD YOU

[lane2512]

Jobu!......yes know it well....

I have a small Jobu token I have carried for 38 years on my key chain......a P38 (and for you zoomies..no not the devil tailed fighter).

I can't leave home without it. It still works like a charm and I figure after all these years I might need it some day to disable a 'Terminator' with!

[Deepbluewolf]

Since this Pics have gone up on the NET recently i guess i can post the originals here

this is what happens when heavy hail trashes a plain...



This one is a Cargo plain...can't really elaborate on that but it is a real hole that happened in flight.



This one is a "MIRACLE" part of the wing and tail are missing, the pic is public domain but as far as I know the incident is still classified.

[lane2512]

I just noticed that this thread has 3100+ views whereas Patch 1.3 has 9500+.....

We are gaining on em boys! CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!