VID: allereerste vlucht F-16 prototype verliep niet gladjes.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gpIWXYX_6s


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giBNt_Vr1VM

During a high speed taxi test, the F-16 prototype experience severe PIO resulting in becoming airborne.

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http://www.f-16.net/articles_article13.html

But at this point, the prototype YF-16 was quickly flailing toward becoming a ball of scrap metal.

Then, with the plane heading off the runway and time running out, Oestricher pulled further back on the stick and flew the plane completely free of the runway, ignoring the original plan for the test.

He climbed out slowly in a shallow left turn, setting up a wide pattern back around, finishing the incident with a long decelerating approach and a relatively uneventful landing.