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'trashed' aircraft I was referring to were light aircraft. In the older US met manual it was a single piston Beech. In newer manuals it is a substantialy damaged AV8 which no doubt remained flyable. Know of some Jet aircraft that sustained some hail damage none that were written off. The Syrian Arab was at that time being restored by Boeing engineers to flying condition. The DC9 that encountered the extremely large storm in the US lost both engines but I seem to recollect did make a forced landing on a motorway, and obviously retained flying surfaces and controlls.
Yes dimpled golf balls do fly further there is an extremely interesting aerodynamic article which also goes into the optimum number and depth of those holes.