How about the 'gliding' done in 2 deadstick P1127 / Harrier landings by the late Hugh Merewether, Frank Bullen wheels-up with one one aileron hung up in a Hunter, or John Farley , Art Nalls and others who deliberately shut off the engine of the AV-8B at altitude ...
I stand to be corrected as usual, but I believe the Harrier 2 needs 4,000 ' at one mile from threshold for a deadstick, which made a Pitts flyer I knew to remark " Christ !" - to investigate surge problems, and the pilots of the Me 163 ?!
There was also the story from the African glider pilot who reckoned a circling Vulture had landed on his wing, but I found that a bit doubtfull, though we are only just beginning to learn from the birds... look how vertical fins decline, while large authority horizontal tail surfaces become the norm.
Last edited by Double Zero; 29th Aug 2008 at 22:25.