F-15 Accident, This is amazing





  A simulated dogfight training took place between two F-15D's and four A-4N
  Skyhawks over the skies of the Negev,Israel...
  "At some point I collided with one of the Skyhawks, at first I didn't
  realize it. I felt a big strike and I thought we passed through the jet
  stream of one of the other aircraft.  Before I could react, I saw the big
  fireball created by the explosion of the Skyhawk.  The radio started to
  deliver calls saying that the Skyhawk pilot has ejected, and I understood
  that the fireball was the Skyhawk that exploded, and the pilot was ejected
  automatically.
  There was a tremendous fuel stream going out of my wing and I understood
  it was badly damaged. The aircraft flew without control in a strange
  spiral. I reconnected the electric control to the control surfaces, and
  slowly gained control of the aircraft until I was straight and level
  again. It was clear to me that I had to eject.  When I gained control I
  said:  "Hey, wait, don't eject yet!" No warning light was on and the
  navigation computer worked as usual; (I just needed a warning light in my
  panel to indicate that I was missing a wing...)."
  My instructor pilot ordered me to eject. The wing is a fuel tank, and the
  fuel indicator showed 0.000 so I assumed that the jet stream sucked all
  the fuel out of the other tanks.  However, I remembered that the valves
  operate only in one direction, so that I might have enough fuel to get to
  the nearest airfield and land. I worked like a machine, I wasn't scared
  and didn't worry. All I knew was as long as the sucker flies, I'm gonna
  stay inside.
  I started to decrease the airspeed, but at that point one wing was not
  enough So I went into a spin down and to the right.  A second before I
  decided to eject, I pushed the throttle and lit the afterburner. I gained
  speed and thus got control of the aircraft again.  Next thing I did was
  lower the arresting hook.  A few seconds later I touched the runway at 260
  knots, about twice the recommended speed, and called the tower to erect
  the emergency recovery net.  The hook was torn away from the fuselage
  because of the high speed, but I managed to stop 10 meters before the net.
  I turned back to shake the hand of my instructor, who had urged me to
  eject, and then I saw it for the first time - no wing!"

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