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Old November 6th 08, 07:10 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Default Losing a wing in flight?

Alan Baker wrote:
In article ,
"Larry D. Cosby" lcosby at knology dot net wrote:


I can't decide.

Did this really happen?

Or is it doctored?

Too much important stuff happens off screen, and the landing
doesn't look real


This incident is fake, however Rockwell Collins is currently working on this
very subject. The following link has a video showing an F-18 scale model
flying with 60 % of the wing missing.
http://www.rockwellcollins.com/news/...tolerance.html



AFAICT, this incident isn't a fake:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_EXtBEaBbs



Uh, ok, what part of it is not fake?

It's a History Channel dramatization!

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