[zandor]

This is not related, but still an interesting event. The Cornfield Bomber: An F-106 that went into a spin, pilot ejected, plane then managed to recover from spin and land itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M2XZEYqIpQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber

[dredmorbius]

Thus demonstrating aeronautical symmetry: pilot landing w/o a wing, vs. wings landing w/o a pilot.