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  2. 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash - Wikipedia

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    Without power and with only one of its propellers feathered, a Douglas DC-4 loses altitude at a great rate, possibly as fast as 100 feet per second (6,000 feet per minute). [39] Engines and propellers numbers 1 to 3 suffered substantial damage in the crash, but engine and propeller number 4 suffered much less damage. The investigators ...

  3. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    The country is too rough for dropping parachutists. The Riverside County sheriff's office at Indio started a posse to the scene and four men of the 42nd left March AFB for the area. A Palm Desert woman, Leah Jones, who was out gathering cactus, reported she saw the two planes, then saw smoke rising from the side of a mountain."

  4. Portal:Aviation/Anniversaries/February - Wikipedia

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    The final record sets a time of 3 min 27 seconds from standstill on the runway to a height of 30,000 m (98,425 feet). 1973 – Death of George Clapham Dixon, Canadian WWI flying ace. 1971 – Death of Amet-khan Sultan, WWII Soviet fighter ace and test pilot, while making a test flight on Tu-16 test-bed.

  5. List of maritime disasters in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The 45-meter (148 ft) stern section upended and floated until about 02:00 hrs on 9 June before sinking a few hundred feet south of the main wreck. Of 1,474 crew and visitors aboard, 1,121 were killed in the explosion. 1,121 Navy 1943 Japan

  6. Supermarine Spitfire operational history - Wikipedia

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    [28] [29] This meant that an "emergency boost" of +12 pounds per square inch was available for five minutes, with pilots able to call on 1,310 hp (980 kW) at 3,000 rpm at 9,000 feet (2,700 m). [30] This boosted the maximum speed by 25 mph (40 km/h) at sea level and 34 mph (55 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) and improved the climbing performance ...

  7. June 1976 - Wikipedia

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    A test hanging of the banner, 193 feet (59 m) tall and 366 feet (112 m) long, was made at 9:30 in the morning and the flag stayed aloft for two hours. At 11:30, the wind speed increased to 16 miles per hour (26 km/h), causing the flags to be pushed into the bridge's vertical suspension cables and tore the stitching apart.

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