B - 17 bomber - from the inside and outside
------- Check out this site ---
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress # Notable_B - 17
When we arrived at the airport Riverton some nice images - many of these B - 17 still crashed in the mountains of Wyoming
You may have signed the occurrence of the most unique in the history of Graham County in February 16:30 2.1943, when - 17 bombers on a flight training routine of Casper, Wyoming, and Oklahoma City, crashed and exploded in a pasture at a distance of seven miles north-east and one mile from the errors .
Although the standard crew of the B - 17 and ten years, and reported in later pointed out that there is a ten men on board who all died. Karl was McKissen eyewitness to the incident. He believed that the plane penetrated the low-hanging clouds seen one circle, and then watched hit the floor at his father's pasture and explode.
And said to me, Mr. Holmes, then Graham County Sheriff, who arrived shortly after the incident, said the plane plowed a gap of 5-6 feet deep, ten feet wide and made nearly a hundred long. And scattering wreckage over an area of ​​fifteen to twenty acres.
And B - 17 and perhaps the Second World War's most famous aircraft, and the second in size only to the B - 29. The size of the bird castle 104 feet and a length of 75 feet and a height of 19 feet. The gross weight B - 17 £ 65,000. A 2780 gallon fuel tanks. When the plane crashed, he was still half of the fuel on board.
Kept the members of the local branch of the American Legion debris on the night of February 2 to 3, and even the army, Lieutenant Eaton and an emergency team of strength and Walker Air Base has arrived. Pieces of the crew gathered in bushel baskets and bring them to the company cut parlor, where they were held responsible for the army.
There are many theories about how and why and B - 17 crashed. Lieutenant Eaton believes that the formation of ice on the plane did not go out of control and lose altitude. He said the pilot with the army, Lieutenant Eaton at the site of the crash was forced to make an emergency landing the same afternoon because the formation of ice on the wings.
Another theory involves the question of cooperation between the pilot and copilot B - 17. The idea was that the pilot said the plane when it fell to less than the clouds, and he went to the rules of aviation machinery and co-pilot went to aviation rules and should be aware of the obstacles in the flight path. The pilot had been neglected by his observations of high moment and alert co-pilot came too late.
Said Carl McKissen he could hear the engine thrust in power before the collapse, and we can assume that the pilot tried to pull up before crashing. The plane crashed somewhere in between the sliding speed of 120 miles per hour and 250 miles per hour speed off.
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
The Memphis Belle is one of the most famous aircraft - 17 B of the Second World War. Built by the Boeing aircraft in 1941. The Memphis Belle is one of the first 17 B to complete its share of 25 missions over Nazi occupied territories without killing the crew, and was the first B --1,725 ​​to complete the mission and return to the States United States States of America.
Planes hit another incident took place near the lake below Dubois Bommer, Torii Creek --- else in the Big Horn Mountains --- I have been in an accident Torre Creek, the highest waterfalls and lasted for 100 meters - and most of these aircraft are still there today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress # Notable_B - 17
When we arrived at the airport Riverton some nice images - many of these B - 17 still crashed in the mountains of Wyoming
You may have signed the occurrence of the most unique in the history of Graham County in February 16:30 2.1943, when - 17 bombers on a flight training routine of Casper, Wyoming, and Oklahoma City, crashed and exploded in a pasture at a distance of seven miles north-east and one mile from the errors .
Although the standard crew of the B - 17 and ten years, and reported in later pointed out that there is a ten men on board who all died. Karl was McKissen eyewitness to the incident. He believed that the plane penetrated the low-hanging clouds seen one circle, and then watched hit the floor at his father's pasture and explode.
And said to me, Mr. Holmes, then Graham County Sheriff, who arrived shortly after the incident, said the plane plowed a gap of 5-6 feet deep, ten feet wide and made nearly a hundred long. And scattering wreckage over an area of ​​fifteen to twenty acres.
And B - 17 and perhaps the Second World War's most famous aircraft, and the second in size only to the B - 29. The size of the bird castle 104 feet and a length of 75 feet and a height of 19 feet. The gross weight B - 17 £ 65,000. A 2780 gallon fuel tanks. When the plane crashed, he was still half of the fuel on board.
Kept the members of the local branch of the American Legion debris on the night of February 2 to 3, and even the army, Lieutenant Eaton and an emergency team of strength and Walker Air Base has arrived. Pieces of the crew gathered in bushel baskets and bring them to the company cut parlor, where they were held responsible for the army.
There are many theories about how and why and B - 17 crashed. Lieutenant Eaton believes that the formation of ice on the plane did not go out of control and lose altitude. He said the pilot with the army, Lieutenant Eaton at the site of the crash was forced to make an emergency landing the same afternoon because the formation of ice on the wings.
Another theory involves the question of cooperation between the pilot and copilot B - 17. The idea was that the pilot said the plane when it fell to less than the clouds, and he went to the rules of aviation machinery and co-pilot went to aviation rules and should be aware of the obstacles in the flight path. The pilot had been neglected by his observations of high moment and alert co-pilot came too late.
Said Carl McKissen he could hear the engine thrust in power before the collapse, and we can assume that the pilot tried to pull up before crashing. The plane crashed somewhere in between the sliding speed of 120 miles per hour and 250 miles per hour speed off.
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
The Memphis Belle is one of the most famous aircraft - 17 B of the Second World War. Built by the Boeing aircraft in 1941. The Memphis Belle is one of the first 17 B to complete its share of 25 missions over Nazi occupied territories without killing the crew, and was the first B --1,725 ​​to complete the mission and return to the States United States States of America.
Planes hit another incident took place near the lake below Dubois Bommer, Torii Creek --- else in the Big Horn Mountains --- I have been in an accident Torre Creek, the highest waterfalls and lasted for 100 meters - and most of these aircraft are still there today.
B - 17 bomber - from the inside and outside
No comments:
Post a Comment