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After what seemed like an eternity, it tailslid, then oh-so-gently pitched forward in a lovely (& completely unintended) hammerhead/ Su-27 "Cobra"-stylee manoeuver.
Fuel came out of the intakes in big clouds of vapour. I was pretty sure that wasn't supposed to happen.
.... but the thing kept flying & the engines kept turning. As the airspeed increased, presently there were enough Bernoullis going over enough control surfaces that the Lift :
That would be exactly what happened to a US F4 in mid-60s. Following a tail slide, erect spin, TBC deployment, canopy jettison and twin ejection, the aircraft recovered and landed wheels up on the salt lake.