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Old 7th Nov 2022, 06:51
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Originally Posted by India Four Two
I am amazed that wing stayed on. Given the damage to the right aileron, I wonder if the pilot had any primary roll control or did he have to use the rudder?

Guys need to go buy themselves a beer for that one. The aileron and wing loss, the roll would have been to the right from the area, but the wreckage of the wing tip is adding a left roll moment, as a fluke of the failure. These guys would have had a sick aircraft but probably not like a certain IDF F-15 without a RH wing. That RH wing on the hippie is not far away from failing completely, some days are luckier than others.
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