F-117A after a mishap as the aircraft landed at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. 1997.

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• Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oi mate, you can’t park that here.

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• humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Is that… Darth maul¿ trying to claw back in the cockpit?

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• thisbenzingring@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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

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• Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oopsie!

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• BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oooof. How many millions did that cost…?

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  • silver@das-eck.haus ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    At least 3 rolls of speed tape

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    • SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      To show you the strength of Flex Tape, I sawed this 100 million dollar plane in half!

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  • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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.

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    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Being nothing but flat panels and hard angles probably helped.

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