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**shumozar** · 09-12-2006, 08:25 AM

That happened in 1976....

Also, what isn't told, that there are TWO reasons he was able to land, the wide fuselage, and the tailplanes, the tailplanes are 3/4 the size of the wings, had they been less, he would not have been able to control the plane.

Luck of design, and luck of the pilot.

BTW, that footage was a recreation, the photo's aren't though.

09-12-2006, 08:25 AM	#4
shumozar Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 524 Senior Member	That happened in 1976.... Also, what isn't told, that there are TWO reasons he was able to land, the wide fuselage, and the tailplanes, the tailplanes are 3/4 the size of the wings, had they been less, he would not have been able to control the plane. Luck of design, and luck of the pilot. BTW, that footage was a recreation, the photo's aren't though.
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