Military Aviation Disasters
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Military Aviation Disasters
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Author : David Gero
language : en
Publisher: Haynes Publishing
Release Date : 1999
Military Aviation Disasters written by David Gero and has been published by Haynes Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Every year, a number of military aircraft ranging from single-seat fighters to fully laden cargo planes are lost in accidents. Because these disasters often occur in remote corners of the world and rarely involve members of the general public, they seldom attract the sort of media attention given to those disasters which involve civil aircraft.
Mayday Over Wichita
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Author : D. W. Carter
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-08-20
Mayday Over Wichita written by D. W. Carter and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-20 with History categories.
The little-known story of a major catastrophe in a 1960s African American community: A “commendable, if unsettling, account.” —Richard Kluger, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Simple Justice On the cold Saturday morning of January 16, 1965, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker carrying thirty-one thousand gallons of jet fuel crashed into a congested African American neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas. When the fire and destruction finally subsided, forty-seven people—mostly African American children—were dead or injured, homes were completely destroyed and numerous families were splintered. As shocking as it may sound, the event was seemingly omitted from the historical record for nearly fifty years. Now, historian D. W. Carter examines the myths and realities of the crash while providing new insights about the horrific four-minute flight that forever changed the history of Kansas. Includes photographs
Snakes In The Cockpit
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Author : L. Douglas Keeney
language : en
Publisher: Zenith Press
Release Date : 2002
Snakes In The Cockpit written by L. Douglas Keeney and has been published by Zenith Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
A collection of declassified photographs of military aviation accidents from World War II to the present day including ditchings, gear-up landings, fires, and engine explosions.
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945
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Author : Anthony J. Mireles
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2006-05-23
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 written by Anthony J. Mireles and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-23 with History categories.
During World War II, the air over the continental United States was a virtual third front. The little-known statistics are alarming: the Army Air Forces lost more than 4,500 aircraft in combat against Japanese army and naval air forces in the war. During the same time, the AAF lost more than 7,100 aircraft in the United States to accidents in training and transportation. Such accidents claimed the lives of more than 15,530 pilots, crewmembers and ground personnel, and the stories of their deaths are largely forgotten. This work chronicles the 6,350 known fatal AAF aircraft accidents that occurred in the continental United States from January 1941 through December 1945. Each crash summary, based on official records, provides details such as crash location and cause, the people involved and the type and number of aircraft. An aircraft serial number index, a record of AAF aircraft still listed as missing, crash statistics and a directory of AAF stations in the United States are included.
Early Aviation Disasters
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Author : David Gero
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Early Aviation Disasters written by David Gero and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Transportation categories.
Uniquely investigating worldwide aviation disasters in the early twentieth century
Disaster In The Air
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Author : Edgar A. Haine
language : en
Publisher: Associated University Presses
Release Date : 2000
Disaster In The Air written by Edgar A. Haine and has been published by Associated University Presses this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Social Science categories.
"This book sets forth in detail eighty-nine of the world's most serious (in terms of human lives lost) airplane disasters starting in 1927. The narrative coverage includes those events preceding a particular calamity, often the excruciating search for a missing plane, the sad task of body recovery, and the vital investigative efforts leading to a probable cause, lessons learned, and progressive measures required to prevent or minimize repeat occurrences."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Improbable Cause
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Author : Les Filotas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01-17
Improbable Cause written by Les Filotas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-17 with Aircraft accidents categories.
At least 248 American troops didn't make it home for Christmas when the Arrow Air charter flight bringing them home from peacekeeping duties in the Sinai blew up after refueling at Gander, Newfoundland on December 12, 1985 - the worst peacetime military disaster in U.S. history. The Canadian investigators ignored the Islamic Jihad's claim of terrorist action and suppressed evidence of an in-flight explosion. A slim majority of the investigative board blamed the crash on the crew's inattention to a thin layer of ice on the DC-8's wings. The board disintegrated in controversy after a review by a former supreme court justice roundly rejected the ice theory. Les Filotas, one of the minority who disputed the ice theory, gives a fully-documented insider's account of the infamous investigation - and of the collapse of a long historical struggle to rid the investigation of aviation accidents of bureaucratic and political entanglements.
Aviation Disasters
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Author : David Gero
language : en
Publisher: History Press
Release Date : 2017-01-09
Aviation Disasters written by David Gero and has been published by History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-09 with Aeronautics, Commercial categories.
David Gero has compiled a catalogue of major air disasters since the 1950s. He investigates every type of calamity, including those caused by inclement weather and inhospitable terrain, mechanical failure and pilot error, and that spectre of more recent times -- terrorism.
Human Factors And Aerospace Safety
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Author : Don Harris
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-30
Human Factors And Aerospace Safety written by Don Harris and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with Business & Economics categories.
This title was first published in 2001. There have been significant advances in the engineering design and production standards of the hardware and electronics in commercial aircraft. It is now uncommon for the principal (or sole) cause of an aircraft accident to be a component failure. Human error is now implicated in up to 80 per cent of all civil and military aviation accidents. The human being is now arguably the least reliable component left in the system. This basic premise forms the basis for this international journal. The journal focuses specifically on the human element in the aerospace system and its role in either causing accidents or incidents, or in promoting safety. The journal solicits contributions from both academic researchers and practitioners from industry. Human factors and safety are applied sciences and this is reflected in the tone and composition of the papers in the journal.
Flight Accidents In The 21st Century U S Air Force
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Author : Henry Bond
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-12-20
Flight Accidents In The 21st Century U S Air Force written by Henry Bond and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-20 with History categories.
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. The events surrounding such accidents are gathered by USAF investigators and a report is published for each case. The author has collected these reports, including some made available following FOI (Freedom of Information) requests to U.S. air bases, and rewritten them in language accessible to the general public. The causes--bird-strikes, joy-riding, unauthorized maneuvers, pilot disorientation, an unseen binoculars-case blocking the plane's joystick, unexpected moisture in an air-pressure gauge--are often surprising and, at times, horrifying.