Originally Posted by
LAfrequentflyer
One thing - they can't be US military pilots. The temerity / skill needed can only mean they are IDF/AF fighter pilots. US military fighter pilots would have ejected 1st chance they could.
-LAFF
IIRC, it was an IDF plane.
I would have looked at the damage, concluded the airplane was totalled, and decided it wasn't worth having it roll over on short final just to bring back a collection of future spare parts. All the dude got out of it was bragging rights...
Actually I'm not sure he could even see all the damage.