YF-16 no. 2, #01568, in rollout scheme Note that the first flag on the aircraft is the Iranian one. [USAF photo]
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on 2008-Apr-11 21:22:24 Mike said I was on duty at CAFB May 8, 1975
I was on duty the day Neil flew the prototype and had to bring it in between Carswell and General Dynamics. I was in the fire department tower when the red phone rang. An excited voice on the other end informed me the pilot had a problem with his landing gear. They wanted to know how long it would take for the fire department to foam the runway. I told him approximately 5 minutes. I guess that was too long, because Neil brought the F-16 in and landed it on its belly. It was truly amazing. I guess that said not only something about the aircraft, but the bravery of Neil as well.
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News: Legendary F-16 test pilot Neil Anderson dies [2006-09-18]
Neil R. Anderson accumulated over 15,000 flight hours in over 200 types of aircraft, some of them still very much experimental. But the story that probably spawned the most legends about him involved a belly landing in an F-16.
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