[NSRCA-discussion] Airplane angle of attack

[Matthew Frederick]

I remember well when the first one happened. I seem to remember reports 
afterwards showed that the pilot had a history of pushing the envelope with 
the B-52. Back when I was in AFJROTC in high school and I was at a 
leadership school at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, LA, we went out on the 
flight line for a guided tour of the B-52 and the pilot who was answering 
questions said that with the B-52 you put in a control input and the 
aircraft "thinks" about doing it... not exactly designed for 60+ degree 
turns at low airspeed 1000 feet off the deck. The MOST memorable thing about 
that tour though was when I was sitting in the pilot's seat, strapping 
myself in, when the pilot realized that the ground crew had failed to 
properly set up the aircraft for the static display and I was fiddling with 
the ejection handle of a fully-armed ejection seat. That wouldn't have been 
a fun ride punching through the glass without a helmet! Needless to say he 
pulled the ground crew aside and I got to witness grown men become about 1 
inch tall as the pilot tore them apart. I know, it's doesn't pertain to the 
discussion at hand, but it's always a fun story to tell.

Matt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <moleski at canisius.edu>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Airplane angle of attack


> rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I remember watching a clip of a full size multi engine bomber type in
>> test flight. The test pilot banked hard to knife edge near the ground
>> (maybe 500 ft) for some unknown reason and swiftly proceeded to put it
>> in. Don't remember the plane's or test pilot's names.
>
> A very famous and sad case.
>
> B-52 bomber.
>
> Hot dog pilot.  Practicing for an air show, not test piloting.
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVaAVN94sTs>
>
> You can get lots of reports on the incident by googling Holland
> B-52 crash.
>
> Eerily similar RC B-52 crash:
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRmg88t35Y0>
>
> Marty
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