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A fire ignited during fuel transfer due to a design flaw, leading to an in-flight breakup of the airframe and loss of control during an emergency approach. June 13, 1947 50 0 0 Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410: near Charles Town: West Virginia: Douglas DC-4
Aurel Vlaicu (1882–1913) died when his self-constructed airplane, [10] A Vlaicu II, failed during an attempt to cross the Carpathian Mountains. [11] Henry Smolinski (1933–1973) was killed during a test flight of the AVE Mizar, a flying car based on the Ford Pinto and the sole product of the company he founded. [12] [13]
A flying car or roadable aircraft is a type of vehicle which can function both as a road vehicle and as an aircraft. As used here, this includes vehicles which drive as motorcycles when on the road. The term "flying car" is also sometimes used to include hovercars and/or VTOL personal air vehicles. Many prototypes have been built since the ...
Fire caused by failure of pilots to stop fuel transfer and design flaw. Fire eventually lead to an in-flight breakup. 1952-08-30 1952 F-89 airshow crash USA: Detroit: F-89 Scorpion: Design flaw 2 Wing broke off during flypast [2] 1952-09-06 1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash: UK: Farnborough, Hampshire: de Havilland DH.110: Design flaw 31 ...
Following the end of the war, Hall and Tommy Thompson designed and developed the Convair Model 116 Flying Car, featured in Popular Mechanics magazine in 1946, [2] which consisted of a two-seat car body, powered by a rear-mounted 26 hp (19 kW) engine, with detachable monoplane wings and tail, fitted with their own tractor configuration 90 hp (67 ...
The subsequent sudden change to the centre of pressure made the aircraft "rear up", tearing off the cockpit section, the two engines and the tailplane. The break-up of the DH.110 took less than one second. According to Rivas, subsequent investigations showed that the wing failed because it had only 64% of its intended strength. [7]
The SF-2, designed in response to a competition called by the United States Bureau of Air Commerce seeking design and construction proposals for an airplane affordable to the masses, was designed and built by Ole Fahlin and his partner Swen Swanson using the engine of a 1935 Plymouth automobile and featuring design accents, both interior and exterior, borrowed from the same car.
N101D (1954) is owned by Greg Herrick's Yellowstone Aviation Inc. [2] [5] [6] It is maintained in flying condition and is on display at the Golden Wings Flying Museum located on the south west side of the Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis. This aircraft is featured flying overhead on the cover on the book "A Drive In the Clouds" by ...