Jeff®

http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u...hebestever.flv

jeffs396

Glad I didn't work on that aircraft! That's the guy you want piloting your next commercial flight! WOW!!!

jx3

The body of the plane says it all! Pretty sure it is a planned stunt.

halfpanel08

ya, i dont think ill be flying again any time soon lol

AaronSS

Planned or not, that's insane.

SindyDix

I had to look this one up! That was great!
I think this one leave it up to the viewer to decide if it's real or a hoax.
I found a video, post #3:
http://www.military-quotes.com/forum...ly-t69490.html

Rcflyboy

I Fly 1/3 scale remote control airplanes that I have move in a 10' trailer, they have a 115" wig span. My planes are very similar to that one in the video. They are amazing Aerobatic Planes. You would not belive there abilities. Like the real planes they are a copy of they have a tremendous power to weight ratio. I have seen our planes saved like this after a catastrophic failure of the wing support tube. It takes a great pilot to do it.

I can assure you that that was not a stunt.

These planes are made of Carbon Fiber and have amazing power and control. The Pilot of this plane is a competitor in the Red Bull competition series that are shown on TV all the time. (you can tell by the inflatable pylon he flew through at the beginning of the video.) These Pilots can do some pretty crazy stunts and have tremendous abilities. This was just an AMAZING save. He is Lucky to be alive as this occurred at less than 500' of the ground.

Like an SS it is all about POWER!

Ratracer

First thing I thought opening up that video, was what a neat model airplane. Looks like someone did a very creative edit job with a model mock-up. Given the stringent guidlines of aircraft fasteners and mandatory saftey inspections, I find hard to believe the wing would fall off that cleanly. Plus the fact an acrobatic stunt plane goes under extreme load conditions, that they would go way further than mandatory req's to insure ones saftey.

Rcflyboy

Where this is not a common failure they have been known to happen on these competition stunt planes. Pilots try to get them as light as possible to improve the power to weight ratio and make them more aerobatic. Just think about how great the g-forces the wings are under, especially at the wing attachment point. I believe failure is generally noticed on pre-flight inspection so catastrophic failure like this is averted.

ChevyMgr

I thought it looked like a model plane when it landed.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/onewing.asp