Truly incredible! Probably...very few people have ever lived to tell what happened!
Heather
· 1 year ago
That story gives me chills! Thank you for sharing both this story and your visit to the museum.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
This is one of those stories that amazes you with the human spirit and how we can (and do) help each other in times of distress. Kudos to the RAF pilot for such an amazing thing and of course to the pilot who landed safely...
Thanks for sharing it with us Chris!
MotorCityBadBoy
· 1 year ago
Wow. Incredible story!
lark83
· 1 year ago
Speaking from experience, that would be a very difficult maneuver to pull off - for both pilots. Thats called keeping your cool and doing the difficult but possible.
Apt604
· 1 year ago
In flight training, you can learn how to fly by just looking at the instruments, in case you can't see outside. But if you can't even rely on the instruments, you're supposed to be S.O.L. in a matter of seconds - because you can never trust your inner ear, alone, to tell you your position relative to the ground (that may have been what happened to JFK Jr.).
I'm amazed that he survived . . . I can only guess that he had just enough vision in one eye to make out the horizon, which would have allowed him to level out after turns & descents. But even then, I'm surprised that he could pull off a landing.
annathule
· 1 year ago
Isn't it amazing how sometimes, I'm thinking of airlines here, that God, Your Higher Power, The Man Upstairs, Whomever, manages to put a trainer within reach of an airplane in trouble? It reminds me of the story of that plane that crash landed in Sioux City that only had one engine out of three and no rudder or wing flaps. There was an (United?) air pilot trainer, who had hopped a quick ride home, who figured out that something awfully serious was going on and, with his help and the teamwork of all the pilots together they landed that thing with as little loss of life as possible. To that RAF pilot - you were God's eyes, hands and heart that day. May the stars in your crown you wear in heaven recount this day's glory as well. You deserve it. I'll pray that man regains his sight, as well. What an amazing story!
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Probably...very few people have ever lived to tell what happened!
Thanks for sharing it with us Chris!
I'm amazed that he survived . . . I can only guess that he had just enough vision in one eye to make out the horizon, which would have allowed him to level out after turns & descents. But even then, I'm surprised that he could pull off a landing.