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Flight Accidents in the 21st Century U.S. Air Force : the Facts of 40 Non-Combat Events.

Mid-flight noncombat mishaps and blunders occur frequently in the USAF during training and utility flights--sometimes with the loss of life and regularly with the destruction of expensive aircraft. In one extreme case, a $2.2 billion B-2 Spirit bomber crashed soon after takeoff and was destroyed. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bond, Henry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; The Accidents; 1 Pitch up; 2 Number 3 engine idle; 3 Landing strut; 4 Caught a tailwind; 5 Fly-by; 6 Zero-G parabolas; 7 Arctic Thunder; 8 C-Bleed hot; 9 Ground-rush in Germany; 10 Flameout Volk; 11 Mist-up AirVenture; 12 Warthog seizure; 13 Walan Rabat; 14 Overshoot Shank; 15 Paddy field; 16 Communications mast; 17 Titanium fire; 18 Belly flop; 19 Cut-up wake; 20 Fuel-line shutoff; 21 Flaps gone; 22 Roll off the top; 23 Spatial D; 24 Dutch roll; 25 Stockton impromptu; 26 Okinawa corkscrew; 27 Birdstrike Luke; 28 Lights-out intercept
  • 29 Racetrack gun pattern30 Fuel-line leak; 31 Cley goose strike; 32 Domestic object; 33 Down to Louisiana; 34 Ghostrider; 35 Fire by the microwave; 36 Unseen traffic; 37 Goggles case; 38 Three-out takeoff; 39 Inadvertent shutoff; 40 Eject, dude; Conclusions; Sources; Index