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B-2 crash on Guam

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thecroat1 [JU]

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Tyler Durden said:
Crash...yes. Mishap...most likely not. I'm pretty sure i've heard of one mishap involving a B-2. There are different classes of mishap (A, B, C, if memory serves me correctly) that escalate based on the dollar figure of the damgage involved and whether or not there were any injuries or deaths as a result of the mishap.

It could have been another aircraft, but I want to say there was a B-2 jacked up for repairs and a maintainer failed to lock down one of the landing gear, causing the aircraft to kiss the ground (when it was lowered).
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Yeah, the gear failure (or should I say crew chief failure) happened when I was still at Whiteman. The QA guy inspecting the job and one of the maintainers were injured pretty bad if I remember correctly.

Nothing beats the stupidity of this one though:

 
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Tyler Durden [JU]

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thecroat1 said:
Yeah, the gear failure (or should I say crew chief failure) happened when I was still at Whiteman. The QA guy inspecting the job and one of the maintainers were injured pretty bad if I remember correctly.

Nothing beats the stupidity of this one though:

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:jump: Wasn't the driver getting a BJ? At least that's the story I heard...

Edit: Here's the animation on the Dover C-5 crash. I don't think this was supposed to be released...For Official Use Only :jump:. I guess it doesn't get any more official than the internets :clapping:.

http://www.usafa-mi.com/45.html

The crew in this mishap all lived, but the airplane was ruined. They were returning to base heavy with fuel because of an engine problem, but on the approach the pilots and crew failed to recognize that they retarded an operable engine instead of the faulty one. The result: They failed to reach the runway using only two engines.
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HappyHumidor [JU]

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rixXJaz said:
On the other hand, since nobody can truly explain why a flying wing doesn't just fall out of the sky, and the whole bird is 'fly-by-wire' like an Airbus, an electronic glitch can easily screw-up the control surfaces.
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Methinks there's just a tad bit of hyperbole in this statement. :rolleyes:
 
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luv_jeeps [JU]

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Tyler Durden said:
:jump: Wasn't the driver getting a BJ? At least that's the story I heard...

Edit: Here's the animation on the Dover C-5 crash. I don't think this was supposed to be released...For Official Use Only :jump:. I guess it doesn't get any more official than the internets :clapping:.

http://www.usafa-mi.com/45.html
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For offishul use only. :rotflmao:
The Internets are serious bidness.

Is that light blue line pointing towards the runway in the video the 'proper' glide slope they were supposed to be on? :puzzled:
 
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