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Bruce Peterson with actor James Doohan (left) discussing the M2-F2 Lifting Body in 1967 Bruce Peterson, 3rd from left, with fellow pilots Milt Thompson, Don Mallick and Chuck Yeager (in the cockpit of the M2-F1) Following attending UCLA, Peterson enlisted as a naval aviation cadet and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine ...
The crash footage during the opening credits is from the M2-F2 crash that occurred on May 10, 1967. Test pilot Bruce Peterson's lifting body aircraft hit the ground at approximately 250 mph (402 km/h) and tumbled six times, [4] but Peterson survived what appeared to be a fatal accident, though he later lost an eye to infection.
Before powered flights were undertaken, a series of glide flights were conducted. On May 10, 1967, the sixteenth and last glide flight ended in disaster as the vehicle slammed into the lake bed on landing. With test pilot Bruce Peterson at the controls, the M2-F2 suffered a pilot induced oscillation (PIO) as it neared the lake bed. At the core ...
Crash site Cause/circumstances Aaliyah: United States 2001 Actress, singer, and model Cessna 402: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas Maximum takeoff weight of airplane substantially exceeded, pilot under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. [1] Michael J. Adams: United States 1967 test pilot X-15 Flight 3-65-97: Randsburg, California ...
Bruce Jenner was involved in a deadly car crash on Saturday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed to ET that the 65-year-old Olympian was involved in an accident on the Pacific ...
The scenes included an HL-10's separation from its carrier plane—a modified B-52—and an M2-F2 piloted by Bruce Peterson, crashing and tumbling violently along the Edwards dry lakebed runway. The cause of the crash was attributed to the onset of Dutch roll stemming from control instability as induced by flow separation. [citation needed]
The crash took place around 3 a.m. in Piedmont, a small affluent area community enclaved by Oakland in Alameda County and the cause of the crash remained under investigation by law enforcement Monday.
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