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Flight accidents in the 21st century U.S. Air Force : the facts of 40 non-combat events / Henry Bond.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476633503
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • UG1243 .F554 2019
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Number 3 engine idle -- Landing strut -- Caught a tailwind -- Fly-by -- Zero-g parabolas -- Arctic thunder -- C-bleed hot -- Ground-rush in Germany -- Flameout volk -- Mist-up airventure -- Warthog seizure -- Walan rabat -- Overshoot shank -- Paddy field -- Communications mast -- Titanium fire -- Belly flop -- Cut-up wake -- Fuel-line shutoff -- Flaps gone -- Roll off the top -- Spatial D -- Dutch roll -- Stockton impromptu -- Okinawa corkscrew -- Birdstrike luke -- Lights-out intercept -- Racetrack gun pattern -- Fuel-line leak -- Cley goose strike -- Domestic object -- Down to Louisiana -- Ghostrider -- Fire by the microwave -- Unseen traffic -- Goggles case -- Three-out takeoff -- Inadvertent shutoff -- Eject, dude.
Subject: "Mid-flight noncombat mishaps and blunders occur frequently in the USAF during training and utility flights. The events surrounding such accidents are gathered by USAF investigators and a report is published for each case. The author has collected these reports and rewritten them in language accessible to the general public"--
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"Mid-flight noncombat mishaps and blunders occur frequently in the USAF during training and utility flights. The events surrounding such accidents are gathered by USAF investigators and a report is published for each case. The author has collected these reports and rewritten them in language accessible to the general public"--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Pitch up -- Number 3 engine idle -- Landing strut -- Caught a tailwind -- Fly-by -- Zero-g parabolas -- Arctic thunder -- C-bleed hot -- Ground-rush in Germany -- Flameout volk -- Mist-up airventure -- Warthog seizure -- Walan rabat -- Overshoot shank -- Paddy field -- Communications mast -- Titanium fire -- Belly flop -- Cut-up wake -- Fuel-line shutoff -- Flaps gone -- Roll off the top -- Spatial D -- Dutch roll -- Stockton impromptu -- Okinawa corkscrew -- Birdstrike luke -- Lights-out intercept -- Racetrack gun pattern -- Fuel-line leak -- Cley goose strike -- Domestic object -- Down to Louisiana -- Ghostrider -- Fire by the microwave -- Unseen traffic -- Goggles case -- Three-out takeoff -- Inadvertent shutoff -- Eject, dude.

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