Henry Bond

Flight Accidents in the 21st Century U.S. Air Force

The Facts of 40 Non-Combat Events

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mid-flight non-combat malfunctions, mishaps, and blunders, occur frequently in the USAF during routine training and utility flights. The events surrounding accidents are meticulously gathered by USAF Investigators and a report is published in each case. Dr Bond has collected these reports over a number of years and presents his findings in this volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9781476674025
• ISBN-10: 1476674027
• Artikelnr.: 52423675

Autorenporträt

Henry Bond is senior lecturer in photography at Kingston University in Surrey, England.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments 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 pattern 30
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