Hellenic Air Force F-16 Viper makes emergency landing in Zakynthos – Pilot unharmedTürkiye finally has air superiority over the Aegean!
>>538627320Why dont you gayreeks d take care of these beautiful machines all the pic i see they are all unpainted and whether damged like why what more do we need to do to make you care about our little game honestly disrespectful as fuck
>>538629996Why are you using a meme flag?
>>538631485My life is a unfuny joke thats why and i am on holiday
>>538627320any video of the actual landing?glad to hear the pilot got out unharmedno idea if he lucky or skilled (or both, or neither)somebody should buy him a beer
>>538631674Only this but some retard cut the best part
>>538631819i expect nothing less from vertical video recorders>see videookay, thats clearly glowies censoringgear is definitely not extendedgood angle, probably still could control flight pathboth luck and skill, i guess
>>538632043I can't find any actual video of the landingI wonder why that retard cut off the kino part, it's not like it's military secret kek
>>538627320>>538632043actually i do have a few questions>fuel dumped?>isnt there a literal fuel tank on the bottom?>risk a ball of fire, because no ejection at all or ejection malfunction too?>would there be anything better to crashland into, instead of tarmac runway?i thought water, but probably capsize, mechanical strain and break apart in thousands of piecessoft grass probably has too many level irregularities, ergo fireball endinguhm... yeah, holy shit
>>538632900Yes I read that he dumped the fuel but the whole ordeal seems to have been fuel related>According to initial reports, the most likely cause was a mechanical failure that sparked a fire—possibly a fuel leak.>The pilot identified the problem, shut down the engine, and executed a gear-up landing, as the landing gear failed to deploy.>He performed a belly landing onto a layer of foam that firefighters had laid down on the runway as a precaution.
>>538632900>isnt there a literal fuel tank on the bottom?dropped the tanks or the werent installed, it seems>manta raycannot unseeno offense, burgers, but youve definitely made 'prettier' ones
Why do Americans make such junk airplanes?
>>538633124>no offense, burgers, but youve definitely made 'prettier' onesit looks like a jet turbine engine you designed and then haphazardly dropped some fighter jet design onto, that you happened to find in a drawer somewherejogging my memory, i think the inital powertrain turned out to be underdimensioned or something>>538633074>a layer of foam that firefighters had laid down on the runway as a precautionthat probably helped a lotnot just that it can absord more of the heat, but the longer distance youll slide means less crass deacceleration hence less crass friction
>>538627320>$100-$200 million down the drainAt least they saved another $100 million in life time costs. Just buy a gripen or Chinese. America sucks.
>>538633133>fat girl angle shotyeah, im THAT olddesigned in the late 70s and early 80snot bad for the timeits not like CAD was standard then, as it is now>>538633578>the inital powertrain turned out to be underdimensioned*intake, it actualy was i think, and *powerplant is what i erroneously meantnevertheless, there are versions with engine upgrades, not sure if theyre standard or customer-specific
>>538634098>fat girl angle shothttps://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/myspace-anglespretty sure /b/ was calling it fgas before myspace angles>>538634029>gripendoesnt that run in the same price range, in the most up to date version>chinabrüh
>noah-ark-wtf-is-this.tiffwhat is that landing gearwhat is that two-seater cockpit and glassmy god
>>538633074>>According to initial reports, the most likely cause was a mechanical failure that sparked a fire—possibly a fuel leak.>>The pilot identified the problem, shut down the engine, and executed a gear-up landing, as the landing gear failed to deploy.not quite sure about that one, capi thought fighter jets drop like rocks once the engines outand he got all the way to the runway on inertia alone is the implicationon other hand, it could be true if gear deployment requires active engine
>>538633578>it looks like a jet turbine engine you designed and then haphazardly dropped some fighter jet design ontoas opposed to simply slapping on wings onto one, i guess
>>538636259Dude are you taking alone?
>>538637973Talking*
