No wing plane video takes off

About the F15 incident: yes it's true, an F15 was able to fly and land with only one wing but the F15 fuselage is so wide that it can make it up for the missing wing (in fact not even the pilot or copilot realized it until they were landed).
I think is fake too but really well done!

By Antonio. Posted January 5 2009 at 12:28 PM.

i was involved in making the computer graphics

By jim bob. Posted December 28 2008 at 10:50 AM.

I have seen model aircraft loose a wing and land successfully. Also there is the much documented incident of an F15 eagle landing with one wing missing. Which goes to prove that if enough power is given, even a brick can be made to fly.

By Andrew. Posted December 28 2008 at 3:25 AM.

Can he do it again that was excellent maybe try losing the other wing to make it more interesting

By tone. Posted December 27 2008 at 8:19 AM.

Its a fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By someonw with a brain. Posted December 15 2008 at 4:53 PM.

Clearly fake, full of BS. "..a courting couple were killed as the broken wing landed directly on their soft topped car", Paul, provide some kind of proof to this claim as no wing can just fall off like that without any kind of explosion or fire or electric shock on the plane. It is an urban legend, a viral video, nothing more.
Physically, it is impossible. Visually, it is a SAD attempt, it does not look remotely real, and is clearly BAD CG.

By CptGreedle. Posted December 15 2008 at 3:35 PM.

Very sad - but a courting couple were killed as the broken wing landed directly on their soft topped car. They never saw it coming, the windows were steamed up. It must have been quite a shock.

By Paul. Posted December 14 2008 at 7:37 AM.

I am a pilot and I can state that this is impossible.
The aircraft would not be able to do this.

By Michael. Posted December 14 2008 at 4:38 AM.

Aerodynamicaly impossible.

By Bob. Posted December 10 2008 at 8:24 AM.

Killathrill advertising all over this clip, they made several of these ads I believe, they are a German clothing company.

By julie . Posted December 7 2008 at 2:01 PM.

Oh my god, are you lot blind? IT STATES IT IS FAKE IN THE ARTICLE. For crying out loud.

By chris j. Posted December 7 2008 at 11:51 AM.

It's a fake..If you look at the plane before wing falls off it has a red and white trim painted on the vertical stabilizer.. As the plane lands with one wing the white trim has disappeared. Two different aircraft or animations..

By bho. Posted December 7 2008 at 4:12 AM.

Hi guys,

I have seen this video.This is an excellent video and highly animated.

NYK

http://www.widecircles.com

By NYK007. Posted December 4 2008 at 12:45 PM.

The plane is doing typical "odd attitude" approach and landing, typically seen by these type of high performance light aircraft, pitts specials etc. BUT, with both port and starboard wings attached. In order to keep the plane in the landing attitude shown, some lift would have to be produced by the starboard wing which is missing in this clip.......my verdict......it's been got at by the graphic manipulators.

By Jaycee. Posted December 3 2008 at 7:54 PM.

Did Rick Ashley win?

By Pilot. Posted November 20 2008 at 5:24 AM.

me and my friend pol cant' decide if this is real or not... i think it is but pol is a professional filmmaker and he says there are obvious glaring errors... like when the plane lands it bounces like a plastic model would & also he thinks there is some CGI going on... im not sure.. id like to believe that it really happened.. anyone got any ideas..?

By helen & pol. Posted November 12 2008 at 10:53 AM.

The things that makes me think this is fake are a couple of small features: firstly, the guy shouting "RUUUUN!!!" in an over the top fashion that just doesn't sound like a realistic reaction. Secondly, the video is full of shoddy camerawork yet at the crucial moment of landing the cameraman is able to keep the suddenly decelerating aircraft perfectly centred in the frame. But this is a moment when he'd be most likely to lose centring on the plane due to the sudden change of speed and direction. It all points to the dodgy camerawork in the rest of the video being deliberate.

By Simon. Posted November 10 2008 at 2:51 AM.

you search Google with "plane lands with one wing" you will find a F15 that lands with one wing after a mid air collision.

If you look closely at the sport plane immediately after landing you can clearly see into the wing spar is visible rather than a wing tip. I would like to see the remaining portion as I would guess the gut who shot the video would take more of the plane after it landed. Oh well.

By Ken . Posted November 5 2008 at 2:24 PM.

It is quite possible for this to be true. All is normal until the wing snaps off, the pilot's only chance of survival depends on quickness to go full throttle. This pulls the mass of the craft around the center of gravity, of the "new" aerodynamic", to counter the drag of the existing wing, and the loss of lift of the missing wing. Pilot finds some measure of control, and gets damn lucky to land safely, with a short rolling stop.

By pentalph1. Posted November 5 2008 at 7:57 AM.

Nicely done for CG, but come on. There's no way the plane would be stable, due to the missing wing, torque of the engine, etc. Those planes are awesomely powerful for their weight, but they can't beat physics.

By Richie. Posted November 4 2008 at 3:55 PM.

Fake as the day is long. The bit when the 'plane' lands is so easily detectable as fake. I agree, yawn!!!

By John. Posted November 3 2008 at 2:32 AM.

That is SOOooo obviously CG'd...yawn...

By dave. Posted November 2 2008 at 2:16 PM.