+Cliff7600 1,148 Posted October 12, 2012 A Phantom with the wings folded in flight ! http://webspace.webring.com/people/hu/um_688/f-4e.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerSmith 72 Posted October 12, 2012 F-15 can fly with 1 wing! :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ezlead 42 Posted October 12, 2012 (edited) Apparently F-4 Drivers weren't the only ones to fly that way. Hey Typhoid!! Of Course,it just has to be a Marine. Edited October 12, 2012 by ezlead 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toryu 156 Posted October 14, 2012 There were even some Skyraiders that took-off (cat-shot, of course!) with their wings folded. They did actually fly! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallenphoenix1986 603 Posted October 14, 2012 From a runway I can get how a pilot could overlook part of a checklist but how the hell does a cat crew manage to launch a bird and not notice its wings are up. Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FastCargo 412 Posted October 16, 2012 I thought that it wasn't that they were folded, but that they were not LOCKED. As soon as they attempted to generate some lift....whap...new vertical stabs! FC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAKO69 186 Posted October 16, 2012 And the crew were usually issued a pair of bent wings to wear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted October 16, 2012 Can you imagine that happening on the Su-33, with foldings wings and stabs?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted October 16, 2012 Ha ha!! An A-7 did that at Miramar one night when I was the CDO for the E-2 RAG. Closed the runway and diverted our CARQUAL flight! :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerSmith 72 Posted October 16, 2012 imagine what would happen if it were an A-6, almost the whole wing folds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted October 17, 2012 Or the E-2, where it folds back flat against the plane! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted October 17, 2012 Or the E-2, where it folds back flat against the plane! I think that is sorta obvious!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
