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losing your wings.....
~^ beancounter ~^ wrote: lifted from the report.... --------snip---------------- On the 24th of June 1994, Czar 52, a B-52H assigned to the 325th Bomb Squadron, 92d Bomb Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, WA, launched at approximate 1358 hours Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), to practice maneuvers for an upcoming airshow. The aircrew had the planned and briefed a profile, through the Wing Commander level, that grossly exceeded aircraft and regulatory limitations. Upon preparing to land at the end of the practice airshow profile, the crew was required to execute a "go-around" or missed approach because of another aircraft on the runway. At mid-field, Czar 52 began a tight 360 degree left turn around the control tower at only 250 feet altitude above ground level (AGL). Approximately three quarters of the way through the turn, the aircraft banked past 90 degrees, stalled, clipped a power line with the left wing and crashed. Impact occurred at approximately 1416 hours PDT. There were no survivors out of a crew of four field grade officers. The irony is that Fairchild had suffered a tragedy earlier when some nut with a gun shot up a few people, and then himself. The airshow was supposed to make people feel better. |
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"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote in message oups.com... that was a wicked fireball...he musta had quite a bit of fuel on board......how much fuel did a b52 hold ?... probabally a few thousand gallons..... It has been a long time but I remember maximum peacetime landing weight as 270,000 pounds giving 180,000 pounds of airplane and 90,000 pounds of fuel. Their gross weight was about 450,000 pounds. I have no idea where he was in his flight plan. Tex |
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St. John Smythe wrote:
~^ beancounter ~^ wrote: SeppoP...wow, thats quite a report...some very interesting observations and thoughts.....This is the "famous" b52 stalling video, i take it....... When I saw that on the History Channel, I think, the commentary suggested that the cause was malicious compliance, that is, the senior officer said something like "don't you dare fly over _______," so the PIC banked smartly and in so doing, departed the envelope. Am I remembering that correctly? I remember having seen that same program on Discovery channel. -- Seppo P. What's wrong with Theocracy? (a Finnish Taliban, Oct 1, 2005) |
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More seriously, I don't think it matters what you fly. Immaturity
and selfishness can be found in any flying community. Except SAR units of course (yes that was a joke!) |
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wrote in message ups.com... More seriously, I don't think it matters what you fly. Immaturity and selfishness can be found in any flying community. Except SAR units of course (yes that was a joke!) My friend Billy Sparks who celebrates two birthdays each year, one being the anniversary of when he was picked up waaay north in NVN, goes to the rescue display at every airshow he attends and thanks each member of the unit there individually. Regards, Tex Houston |
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tex....i'll bet he is happy to be able
to give thanx...... |
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