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		stcredzero on Feb 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to land an airplane if you are not a pilot On Dogfights, there was an F4 veteran from Vietnam who used to deliberately spin his F4 as a radical airbrake to force overshoots. The enemy pilot would overshoot, then he'd recover on their tails.

lutorm on Feb 2, 2013 | [–]

Interesting. We had no one on our tail at that particular time, so I can't testify to the effectiveness of that maneuver... ;-P

WalterBright on Feb 2, 2013 | [–]

Sounds like something John Boyd would do (read his biography!).

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