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6 sie 2023 · This was a flying boat aircraft that used an ingenious mechanism to raise its main hull out of the water, giving its engines and wings a better clearance and angle for take-off and landing....
On 7 April, during a test run, the aircraft experienced extreme vibration due to aileron flutter and the crew bailed out. Three were lost, the other two were picked up by HMS Transylvania, a converted merchantman. Development ceased when the first prototype crashed, as Blackburn's resources were dedicated to the war effort. [1] .
The Model 7B crashed on 23 January 1939 while demonstrating single-engine performance, killing the test pilot and seriously injuring a French observer aboard the aircraft. The presence of a foreigner on a test flight for an aircraft still under development caused a scandal in the press.
June 15 – Paris Air Show (Paris, France) – United States Air Force Lt Colonel Charles D. Tubbs was killed and two other crewmen injured when their B-58 Hustler bomber crashed. The plane landed short of the runway, struck the "instrument approach beacons" and burst into flames.
The most likely explanation for the crash is that the initial vibration was aileron flutter, this ceased when the aileron broke free (giving Ivan Waller his chance to free his parachute). But with the loss of an aileron, the aircraft would have been uncontrollable, leading to its crash.
21 kwi 2023 · Hailed as an impressive and imaginative feat of modern engineering, the B20 was ultimately cancelled following a disastrous crash over the turbulent seas off the Scottish coastline. Following the end of World War One the development of flying boats proceeded at an astonishing pace.
15 sie 2024 · Two French pilots are feared dead after their fighter jets crashed in mid-air near the north-eastern town of Colombey-les-Belles, military authorities said. Although one pilot safely ejected...
