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Is this for real?

Post by :FI:RULES » Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:54 pm

Is it fake or.....


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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:Wardog » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:32 pm

I'd say it's a fake mate. If you look at how hard it lands on it's wheels it would have shattered the undercarriage I would have thought. Plus how many planes can fly with a wing missing like that. Not many I'd say :!:

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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:RULES » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:38 pm

My thought aswell, but stranger thing´s have hapend at sea....
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Post by :FI:Noter » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:52 pm

It's a fake, it's actually a remote control plane with some really nice editing. The rc pilot really did land it just like the movie though.
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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:Falcon » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:57 pm

Hey, it could be real!

Many times I've made it home on a wing and a prayer.


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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:Wardog » Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:34 pm

Yeah but Stu we all know that you are a consumate profesional mate and that you have named the wings on your plane "A wing" and "A prayer" LOL :lol: :lol:

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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:Nellip » Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:35 pm

Well on a similar theme, anyone see this story today?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nort ... 715345.stm
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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:Wardog » Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:56 pm

Yeah read it about an hour ago. Must have been bloody nerve racking for the the bloke and the Tucano pilot.

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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:Airway » Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:00 pm

The same story happened to a harrier (? not sure) pilot, decades ago when a bird hit his jet and he got blind because of splinters in his face.

So he was blind, and if I remember correctly ,he blew away the canopy, preparing to get out.
But his wingman lead him down to land safe only via coms.
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Re: Is this for real?

Post by Captain Lockheed » Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:27 pm

Looks like it was a viral advert for a clothes company.

http://dazchild.blogspot.com/2008/11/on ... -race.html

Here's another good one.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/plane-ditching-surf.shtml

And now for a real one wing landing :shock: I would have punched out well before that.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-_EXtBEaBbs
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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:Airway » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:39 am

The pilos said, he would have also, if he knew he lost his wing.

I still doubt a bit about this case.
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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:Heloego » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:40 am

I saw that one on the History Channel. Amazing!
...and wear your feckin' mask!!!!! :x
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Re: Is this for real?

Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:27 pm

Viral marketing for an aircraft manufacturer?
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