Photos by Jenni Alderman from FIF 2021. Thanks Jenni.
First day take off wreck when nose gear plate came out. You can see the nose gear getting dragged along the pavement inside the main gear well. It looks like the pitot tube and radome saved the nose gear door.
Taxi out the next day with fixed down nose gear. I love the way this jet looks.
F-16XL number 3 for take off.
Lift off
Initial climb attitude
Flying around with the nose leg in a cast!
This is flight 5 after I took the HVAC tape off the nose gear well because it did not stick.
Gear pass
Final turn
Short final
Round out
Flare
Touch down. The jet is very easy to land. Looking forward to flying it again!