F-117A after a mishap as the aircraft landed at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. 1997.
4d 21h ago by lemmy.world/u/setsneedtofeed in historyphotos@piefed.social
I remember watching these taking off and landing in the early 90s and it convinced me that I could never believe someone who tells me that they saw an alien UFO. Because these move in such bizarre ways. They were UFOS and I knew exactly what I was watching
Oooof. How many millions did that cost....?
Not sure. The airframe was repaired and flying again by 1998. The cost to produce a brand new F-117 was about $108 million, so the repair of this one was probably "only" a few million.
Being nothing but flat panels and hard angles probably helped.
At least 3 rolls of speed tape
To show you the strength of Flex Tape, I sawed this 100 million dollar plane in half!
Oi mate, you can’t park that here.
Oopsie!
Is that.... Darth maul¿ trying to claw back in the cockpit?