F16 Dead Stick Landing Video: This Is How You Do It

Major kudos to Capt Chris Rose USAF for a flawlessly executed dead stick landing from 13,000 feet in an F16 whose engine had failed. That it looked like a normal landing is a testament to his airmanship.

Props to his wingman for handling all the radio work allowing Capt Rose to do job #1 - aviate.

There's a reason why US military aviators are the best in the world. This is an example of why.

That was intense!

That is really great professionalism by all involved. Pilots really train hard so they do not panic when things like this happens, and it shows.

Most remarkable thing I ever saw was right after pulling out of liberty port(Dubai, back before they made it all nice), we sent up PMCFs(Post Maintenance Check Flights) to make sure every aircraft that had major maintenance done while inport was good to go. Pilots have a checklist to go through, checking all the aircraft systems. Well, this F-14 had had it's radome open(the nose cone on an aircraft, inside of which the radar antenna sits), and when it was closed, no one latched it down. And no one caught it during the pre-flight, nor the final check. First time the 14 pulled a negative G maneuver, the radome slid out on it's pins, rotated up on the hinge, caught the wind, was ripped off the hinge and went back through the canopy, shattering it. No way for the pilot or RIO to use radio, so they flew by the side of the carrier, where we where wondering what the **** kind of aircraft that was. Some one figured it out though, and the deck was quickly cleared. Pilot brought it in for a perfect 3 wire trap, despite being badly cut up and nearly blinded by the shards of the canopy, and flying with 200 MPH wind in his face.

Probably a 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB based F-16 going into Elizabeth City Airport, northeast of home base, where there's a HUGE US Coast Guard contingent, so they have lots of emergency assets on hand.

What a testament to the USAF training program, as well as the professionalism and airmanship of this particular pilot. Thank you for sharing.

Great job, great teamwork! Thanks for the link.

Maybe 10 years ago there was a similar event up in Chicago, maybe even O'Hare. Single ship, and he was on top of an overcast, marginal VFR below. He was lucky and did an awesome job.

Great pilots in USAF.

Used to watch those pilots practice daily where I live. Truly amazing to watch some of the exercises they do. The F-16 is a great aircraft as well.