Not photoshopped, this plane actually collided mid-air

[HysteryDiagnosis]

with another.... and landed safely.... how amazing is that?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. OMIGOD! What a miracle...

:scared:

[Maestro]

2. If I am not mistaken

that plane is not even in production yet. It is the new Raptor, F-22. Also, from the arresting cable behind it, it looks like they were testing it for naval landings on a carrier. It's actually an incredible aircraft. Looks like a scary accident nonetheless.

[Twillig]

3. You are mistaken. F18

Unless i'm very much mistaken. It's got all the lines of the F18....

Besides, They'd shoot the guy that fucked up an F-22.

[Maestro]

4. No that is not an F18

F18 is much more slender and the tails don't lean out at the degree either. I'll find a pic. Also, if you look closely I think you can make out the name F-22 on the top of the fuselage.

[GOPisEvil]

6. I think that's an -18.

What you think says F-22 probably says VF-XX, standing for the unit the aircraft is assigned to. Actually, since it's an -18, it would be VFA-XX.

I could be wrong, but military aircraft used to be a hobby of mine.

[Catch22Dem]

15. It's an F-18, and yes the vertical stabilizers do angle out like that

[Wcross]

27. Says Navy right on the fusalage- f18 for sure n/t

[MrScorpio]

5. That's an FA-18 Hornet

And BTW, Langley AFB here in VA is now flying Raptors

[Catch22Dem]

16. No shit?

I remember when I got to Langley in '93 they told me, "Yeah, we won't have these much longer (F-15) because the F-22 is due out real soon. That was 12 years ago. :)

[MrScorpio]

26. They're switching them out right now

Since I've retired I haven't been to the base much to see them. But I know that some are there.

[Deja Q]

7. Well, that pilot sure is good lookin'.

Utterly incredible that two planes crash in mid-air and it can still get landed.

[Maestro]

8. Yeah I think you guys are correct.

Makes sense as no F-22 is going to be in the Navy. That is the JSF.

[Catch22Dem]

18. Dude, learn your planes...not a JSF either

Here's the JSF...not even close

[aeolian]

20. Nope. That's not the JSF either. You've got the wrong plane.

That is Boeing's concept plane for the JSF. It lost the bidding.

Lockheed builds the JSF, and it looks a lot like the F-22. :)



...If I knew how to upload images, I'd show you...

[Catch22Dem]

23. Yeah, you're right

I stand corrected. That was the one that lost.

[Maestro]

25. Dude, I never said it was a JSF

I know what a JSF is. What I said was that the Navy was never going to use the F22 it was going to use the JSF. Jesus Christ.

[mcscajun]

9. Now, *that's* "hard-nosed"

:)

Amazing.

[short bus president]

10. why is that man urinating under that plane?

:shrug:

[aeolian]

24. Budget cutbacks. Latrines cost money

Halliburton charges over $500,000 for each port-a-poty.

[ContraBass Black]

11. It must have flown like a brick afterward.

I would have ditched.

[ConcernedCanuk]

12. Ummm - is there a link to this story/pic?

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and ever the skeptic

1 Where's the other plane?

2 Looks like F.2 on the side behind the cockpit . . .

3 Gimme a link!!

Looks more like some sort of test crash -

pretty neet one too, - I don't see any debris on the runway -

SOMETHING woulda let loose when it hit that arresting cable . . .

but a landing with this is no miracle

- it's only the nosecone missing that I can see, the engine and all the aerodynamic controls are behind the cockpit - so the nosecone wouldn't effect a landing that much - not on land anyways

a land landing does not have the critical landing demands of one on an aircraft carrier - -


It was just a test landing IMO - maybe no collision was involved - they just left some parts off?

as for 2 jets hitting in mid-air and landing safely (with an at the ready arresting strap to boot)?

I don't think so (don't argue - GIMME A LINK!)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. Better... I'll give you two more pics.... I need to switch to Win98

for a sec.... be right back.....

[HysteryDiagnosis]

14. Landing view..... tail section.....

[Catch22Dem]

17. Wow! Unfuckingreal!!!

Amazing. That pilot had some skill, and nerves of STEEL.

[pintobean]

19. Is there a story to go with the pics?

I found more pics here(near the bottom):
http://www.aviationpics.de/military/1999/military.htm

Edit: The 2nd F/A-18 looks ready for a terrorist attack.

[ConcernedCanuk]

22. LINK ? - ummm can't chase it back in Photobucket . . .

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gotta be a link somewhere? -no?

and that's the "other" plane I guess?

This one still has the nosecone,

and I HOPE what is a dummy bomb in it's cradle . . .

[aeolian]

21. Airplanes. F-18, F-22, and JSF

Here's an FA-18 Hornet. Note long, almost straight wings, and two engines.






Here's the F-22. Triangular wings, two engines.




And here's the JSF (Lockheed's winning entry). Single engine, triangular wings. This shot shows the second fan opened up for a vertical take off/landing (or hovering!) The engine intake nozzles are also slightly different from the F-22. But the two do look a lot alike.