Episode #189 - EMERGENCY LANDING in the F-117 Stealth Fighter! Test Pilot, Tom Morgenfeld's Story
SocialFlight Live & Cockpit2Cowl · Jeff Simon
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Show Notes
On Jan. 27, 1982, Test Pilot, Tom Morgenfeld took off from Area 51 for an avionics test flight in the YF-117A Stealth Fighter and lost his nose wheel. Flight control advised him to eject, but he managed to pull off an AMAZING landing that saved the aircraft, and kept the Stealth Fighter program on track. Hear his story, as well as all of the other amazing things that he accomplished as a test pilot of the F-18, F-117, YF-22A and X-35...some of the most incredible fighters that the world has ever seen!
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