Sid Yahn -- A Fighter Pilot -- Nothing More, Nothing Less

[@12gauge1oz]

Another American hero! Thank you.

[@brinx8634]

With a long history of service during a period of rapidly changing technology, Sid Yahn has countless compelling stories to relate. He's a pretty humble guy.......for a fighter pilot. Sid has a great memory and he's a great storyteller with no dumbing down...he freely uses technical terms, jargon, and acronyms, with the assumption that he is speaking to a well informed audience. Thank you Sid and Peninsula Seniors.

[@livelurked4103]

This guy is a wild man

[@patrickyoung3503]

What a coloured career Sid had. How on earth he survived is anyone's guess. Most entertaining. Thank you

[@mrdfac]

That was awesome. Thanks so much for sharing. :)

[@Primetime397]

Fantastic thank you :)

[@stratoleft]

There was a very very good lesson in this video in regards to air frame stress and damage. I presume the wing tanks weren't on when Mr. Yahn did this, but what if they were? That's correct. The potential for stress damage would be even greater. If you look at this flight from a Japanese company, we can see a different kind of irrecoverable stress damage. Note that the landing gear and nose gear system in general holds up just fine in this attempt to recover from extreme crosswind landing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKiQkoiMlpiUZrc However the vulnerability is not in the landing gear collapsing at all, but the vulnerability of the fuselage itself. Since a 767 and all the planes you fly in, are pressurized at 25K - 35K ft, whatever, the 767 is shot, and consider that you can see the crease. What if it was such that you couldn't see a crease at first glance or perhaps not at all? Well, you still know there is extreme vulnerability in the fuselage right at the main wing/s leading edge joint.

[@shoominati23]

when you gonna have a crusader pilot on?