Northwest Airlines Accidents And Incidents

Author : David L. McCurry
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781483915753
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Aircraft Wrecks of the Pacific Northwest written by David L. McCurry and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press Aviation History Series First Edition 2013 Aviation archaeology has grown significantly within the past ten years and is represented by groups throughout the entire United States and several countries abroad, mainly in Europe. As aircraft wrecks become much older, their historical significance becomes much greater. It is hoped by many modern day aviation archaeologists that with more public awareness, the historical significance becomes better understood and valued, and that many of these old crash sites will be saved and protected. Most surviving family members of those who lost their lives in these accidents consider these sites as hallowed ground and the mention of these to surviving crewmembers themselves still brings tears to their eyes. Recently, it has become fairly common for surviving family members to contact aviation archaeology groups in an effort to locate crash sites to help bring some type of closure to these families. As a group, we have been successful in making these connections, and in expressing our gratitude in helping with this effort, many aviation archaeologists have spent a lot of their own money, time, and research establishing and building memorials at these sites. It is an expression of their own respect for these families. Contents Missing B-18 Bomber Found on Oregon's Wolf Mountain Pikes Peak Claims B-17E 41-2598 Solving the Mystery of P-38E 41-2276 Two Dog Night in Ephrata Cape Lookout, Oregon: Low Flying B-17 Lost In Fog B-17 Spins Down From 20,000 Feet P-38 Exceeds Design Speed Limits B-24 Strikes Mountain Ridge On Night Training Flight Vertigo Claims The Life Of A Young Navy Pilot P-38 Spins Out of the Clouds B-24 Night Training Flight Ends Near Ukiah, Oregon F6F Hellcat Mysteriously Disappears From Pasco Naval Air Station B-24 Orienting For Instrument Practice Hits Mt. Harrison High-Altitude Stall Destroys Liberator B-24 Formation Flight Collides With Mountain At Night Carburetor Icing Dooms TBM Avenger Above Oregon's Blue Mountains B-25 Carrying Material From Maury Island UFO Incident Crashes B-29 On Training Mission For New Bomb Group Hits Mt. Spokane Northwest Airlines Martin 202 Dives Into Farm Field Snowblind: Rescue B-17 in Trouble Control Locking Mechanism Dooms C-124 Globemaster F-86D Sabre Fades From Radar Republic RF-84K Falls From Sky On To Riblet's Bluff First of its Type: West Coast Airlines Loses a DC-9 by Dan Thomas Nelson Explosion From Boeing B-47 Crash Observed Fifty Miles Away Day Mountain Claims KC-135A 'Mourn 79' Shadow Mountain Wreck: Faulty Altimeter Setting Claims KC-135A Japan Air Lines Convair 880: Training Flight's Tragic End Engine Fire Brings Down Lockheed C-130 Hercules Near Bliss, Idaho Eyewitness to Navy EA-6B Prowler Crash West Coast Airlines F-27 Hits Stukel Mountain During Snow Storm Crewless B-17 Bomber Crashes Near Harvard, Idaho Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat Strikes Low Hill On Night Strafing Mission Appendix 1: Washington State Crash Locator List Appendix 2: Oregon Crash Locator List Appendix 3: Idaho Crash Locator List 354 color, 42 B&W photos, bibliography