[simpits-tech] Sorry, Gene...

[Matt Bailey]

On Monday 27 June 2005 20:23, Gene Buckle set 1,000 monkies in front of 
keyboards and came up with the following:
> Cris Harrison wrote:
> > Ido
> > du you must of had lots of brew before putting foot in mouth.. any hit
> > near a wing would rupture the fuel tank and game over.. or hit in front
> > of the plane and guess where all that (we used to call it in the Air
> > Force FOD) (Forgein, Object or Debris) would get sucked into the engine
> > and then you have big red ball in sky
>
> I hate to break this to you, but he's not imagining things.  There was a
> very well documented incident where an F-15 had a mid-air with an A4.
> The A4 rained wreckage all over the landscape.  The F-15 landed with
> 2/3rd of it's right wing missing.  Don't insult someone if you don't
> know what the hell you're talking about.
>
> g.

	That incident occurred to me too. I think he was talking more about missile 
hits though..........it seems likely that the initial explosion would ignite 
the fuel in the damaged wing, possibly causing insurmountable problems. :P

	-Matt Bailey