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Convair B-36 Crash Reports and Wreck Sites with pictures of the crash site. Transcript of an interview with a crew survivor. 2004 Canadian documentary film about the incident. "Broken Arrow – The Declassified History of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Accidents" by Michael H. Maggelet and James C. Oskins ISBN 978-1-4357-0361-2
The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" [N 1] is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, although it was exceeded in span and weight by the one-off Hughes H-4 Hercules.
A USAF Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 53-2296, [54] of the 509th Bomb Wing, inbound to RAF Upper Heyford from Pease AFB, New Hampshire, suffers uneven throttle advance on attempted go around, port engines fail to respond, wing drops and bomber cartwheels between two loaded B-47s before striking storage building which the day before had contained JATO ...
1963 B-52 crash in New Mexico USA: New Mexico: B-52 Stratofortress: Unknowingly exceeded design capability 2 Near Mora: [7] loss of vertical stabilizer [8] 1964-01-04 1964 B-57 crash USA: Dayton: NRB-57 Canberra: Mis-management of fuel system, causing CofG to be beyond its safe rearward limit 2 Both wings failed 1964-01-10 B-52 flight test of ...
World Trade Center North Tower, New York City 9/11 hijacking by Mohamed Atta: Toivo Antikainen: Finland 1941 Communist leader, military officer Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union: Was allegedly killed in a plane crash, but some claim he died in Moscow under suspicious circumstances. Steve Appleton: United States 2012 CEO of Micron at time of incident ...
People walk in the street in the area where the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001, after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a suspected terrorist attack.
Nine crew members of a Flying Fortress based at Sioux City, were killed when the plane crashed and burned on a farm near here late today. Persons within a radius of several miles said they saw the plane explode and crash." [179] B-17F-40-VE, 42-6013, of the 393d CCTS, piloted by Frank R. Hilford, appears to be the airframe involved. [180] 2 January
— Nov. 12, 2022: A P-63 Kingcobra fighter plane collided with a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at a Dallas air show, killing all six people aboard the two vintage aircraft.