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1:32, 1:35, 1:72 and 1:76 scales. Airfix was the first company to release small-scale military vehicles in 1960 with the 1:72 Bristol Bloodhound with Launcher, SWB Land Rover and trailer. The original range of vehicles was in 1:76 scale, also known as OO scale.
Crash resulted in total loss of aircraft and two of the three pilots. 12 February NAF El Centro, California. Blue Angel F-18 crashes five miles (8.0 km) south of Brawley California. Pilot safely ejected. 27 February Royal Air Force Boeing Chinook HC.1 ZA721 crashed in the Falkland Islands, all seven on board killed. [198] March
An RAF Avro Vulcan B.2, XM645, of 9 Sqn RAF Waddington breaks up over Żabbar, Malta, after a hard landing shears off the port-side undercarriage, piercing a wing fuel tank and starting a fire. The pilot and co-pilot initiate a second landing attempt but eject when they realize that the plane cannot make it back to the runway.
At 00:55, the sink rate alarm went off, followed seconds later by a loud thump as the aircraft began shearing off treetops along Peak Mountain ridge. [1]: 6 These trees were on a ridge with a ground elevation of 728 ft (222 m), and the first treetop struck was at a height of 770 ft (230 m).
Lockheed C-130BZ Hercules 403 of the South African Air Force crashes on landing at Goma Airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo and is severely damaged. All 67 people on board survive. All 67 people on board survive.
An Air Canada plane caught fire during a crash-landing in Nova Scotia this weekend. On Saturday, Dec. 28, around 9:30 p.m. local time, Air Canada Express Flight 2259 skidded down a runway at the ...
[72] August 29: A US Bell UH-1Y Venom of HMLA-369 helicopter crashed in Helmand province, killing two Australian soldiers. [73] August 27: A US CH-47 Chinook helicopter made a hard landing in the eastern province of Logar. The aircraft was heavily damaged, so the crew destroyed it before they were evacuated from the scene.
A passenger landed a private plane at Raleigh-Durham International Airport after the pilot suffered a medical issue on April 7, 2024. (RDU Airport Police via WRAL)