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Blue Mustang (colloquially known as Blucifer) [1] [2] is a cast-fiberglass sculpture of a mustang located at Denver International Airport (DEN). Colored bright blue, with illuminated glowing red eyes, it is notable both for its striking appearance and for having killed its sculptor, Luis Jiménez, when a section of it fell on him at his studio.
September 17 – A T-28C Trojan, N688GR, [144] crashed during the Thunder over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show in Martinsburg, West Virginia killing pilot John Mangan. [145] September 16 – 2011 Reno Air Races crash. Pilot Jimmy Leeward lost control of his highly modified P-51D Mustang, which was named The Galloping Ghost.
In 1998, another modified P-51 Mustang, Voodoo Chile, lost a left trim tab during the Reno Air Races. The pilot, Bob "Hurricane" Hannah, reported that the airplane pitched up, subjecting him to more than 10 g and knocking him unconscious. When he regained consciousness, the plane had climbed to more than 9,000 feet (2,750 m), and he brought it ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is formally investigating Ford’s Blue Cruise hands-free driving system following two fatal crashes. Blue Cruise was first introduced in ...
North American P-51 Mustang: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England aircraft failed to recover from dive Al Holbert: United States 1988 Racing driver, 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Piper Aerostar 601P [6] Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio: lost control after takeoff with one half of two-part entry door open [6] [58] Buddy Holly: United States 1959
The NHTSA opened the investigation after receiving notices of two fatal collisions last April, involving BlueCruise-equipped Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles. The regulator said it is upgrading the ...
The accident occurred directly in front of the grandstand just 15 minutes after Washburn's fatal accident. [136] The accident was caught on film. September 6 – RNAS Yeovilton – Flight Lieutenant Stephen Beckly RAF, died when getting out of his Harrier GR3 following a display at Fleet Air Arm Open Day, the ejector seat accidentally fired.
On 7 January 1948, 25-year-old Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, died when he crashed his P-51 Mustang fighter plane near Franklin, Kentucky, United States, after being sent in pursuit of an unidentified flying object (UFO). Mantell pursued the object in a steep climb and disregarded suggestions to level his altitude.