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| Mishap of B-52 at Fairchild Air Force Base Washington |
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Please try to keep from using vulgarities and
profanity. I feel we can make our points
without using profanity. I have no problem
with calling the pilot a jerk, however
remember there can be children viewing this
thread so try to keep suitable for public.
July-7-2007
As far as I know is the first time this much
of the video has been made readily available
to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;)
More footage then I have seen on the net on
this subject. Mishap 24 June 1994, a B-52H of
the 325th Bomb Squadron, 92d Bomb Wing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Fairchild_A
ir_Force_Base_B-52_crash
In this photograph you can see what is
apparently an ejection hatch.
http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/210/b52crs
h2cf5.jpg
This photograph was shot in mid-impact with
the ground.
http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/945/b52cra
sh3rj9.jpg
The photographs were shot in-between the time
frame that there was apparently a plasma ball
from the wing clipping power lines.
US air show standards are the highest, but
this was a case of systemic disregard for
safety. Since this crash, the bar has been
set higher more enforcement and awareness.
It bothers me to see some other counties
still have very poor safety at major air
shows. The former soviet block has had
several crashes that I would consider safety
neglect a factor, if not the cause.
Aerobatics should not be done over crowds.
Aerobatics should be kept in a safe margin
away from the crowd and to some extent the
flight line. I even frown on extremely low
passes over crowds.
Pilots and management/command should have
restraint from flying planes to extreme
limits at air shows. A margin / buffer zone
should be between the aerobatic area and the
crowd.
The B-52 was just practicing; if he had
crashed in a crowd at an air show the loss of
life would be high. The B-52 did some low
high speed passes over personnel area and
flight line; if there was a failure, he could
have possibly destroyed all the aircraft on
the flight line (and equipment, buildings) or
and killed a lot more personnel.
I love aircraft and air shows and the US. I
hate to see a bunch more rules, I would
prefer pilots and people in charge do there
best to keep things safe with knowledge,
reasonable action.
I think the US and many other countries have
learned from this accident to take air show
safety more rationally. However, a few air
shows like to try to out perform other air
shows with unsafe flashy showboat shows.
When you push the limits you tend to
exponentially increase the risks. If a pilot
makes a goof or if there is a failure, with
buffer zones the risk to the crowd can be
minimized.
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On 24 June 1994, a B-52H of the 325th Bomb
Squadron, 92d Bomb Wing at Fairchild Air
Force Base (AFB), Wash., crashed while
preparing to land after practicing maneuvers
for an air show, killing all four crewmen.
The pilot in command had over a long period
of time demonstrated a disregard for Air
Force flying rules and regulations, and this
was known by the senior commanders in the
wing. No appropriate action had been taken to
discipline him or rein in his noncompliant
behavior.
More info at
http://s92270093.onlinehome.us/CRM-Devel/reso
urces/paper/darkblue/darkblue.htm
http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.a
spx?PersonID=14464006
In my opinion, I would consider this pilot a
superb "stick and rudder" pilot. However
there is more to being a pilot and flight
then "stick and rudder", in my opinion he was
very poor in some aspects of safety.
It's like a football player that is in
excellent physical condition and physical
ability, but ignores strategy and team
effort. There is more to being a pilot than
one aspect, just as there is more to being an
athlete then a single aspect.
Other good videos long videos of the same
plane and pilot. Courtesy of jescates
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UJb08ZzejAA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hWUgDLFokNw
Tags : Aerobatics B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Fairchild Air Force Base AFB USAF Mishap Crash Show Safety Bud Holland CRM |
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Durée : 599 s |
| The Legacy of Fairchild Semiconductor |
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[Recorded Oct 5, 2007]
Founded in September 1957 in Palo Alto,
California by eight young engineers and
scientists from Shockley Semiconductor
Laboratories, Fairchild Semiconductor
Corporation pioneered new products and
technologies together with a youthful
enthusiasm and manufacturing and marketing
techniques that reshaped the semiconductor
industry. The planar process developed in
early 1959 revolutionized the production of
semiconductor devices and continues to enable
the manufacture of billion transistor
microprocessor and memory chips today.
Fairchild was the first manufacturer to
introduce high-frequency silicon transistors
and practical monolithic integrated circuits
to the market. At the peak of its influence
in the mid-1960s, as a division of Fairchild
Camera & Instrument Corporation, the company
was one of the world's largest producers of
silicon transistors and controlled over 30
percent of the market for ICs. Fairchild's
extraordinary success stimulated an
entrepreneurial fervor that gave birth to the
phenomenon of Silicon Valley. Including
systems and software businesses, the total
number of companies in the Bay Area and
beyond with Fairchild roots today lies in the
thousands.
This lecture was presented during a
celebration of the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the company held at Stanford
University and the Computer History Museum in
Mountain View, California on October 4, 5,
and 6, 2007. Introduced by Staff Director of
the Semiconductor Special Interest Group of
the Museum and Fairchild Alumnus David Laws,
the speakers are all Fairchild alumni who
went on to make significant contributions to
the semiconductor industry. They were asked
to explore the lasting impact of Fairchild
Semiconductor on Silicon Valley and the
world.
Wilfred Corrigan earned a BSc in Chemical
Engineering from the Imperial College of
Science, London, England. After early work at
Transitron and Motorola, Corrigan joined
Fairchild Semiconductor in 1968. He served as
president and chief executive officer of
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
from 1974 until 1979. In 1981 he co-founded
ASIC pioneer LSI Logic Corporation where he
served as president, CEO, and chairman until
2005.
Gordon Moore was born and spent his childhood
near San Francisco, California. He earned a
PhD in Chemistry and Physics from the
California Institute of Technology. He was
one of the eight co-founders of Fairchild in
1957. As head of R&D, in 1965 he published an
observation on the increase of integrated
circuit complexity with time, now known as
"Moore's Law" that emerged as one of the
driving principles of the semiconductor
industry. In 1968 Moore co-founded Intel
Corporation with Robert Noyce, became
president and CEO in 1975 and held that post
until elected chairman and CEO in 1979. He
remained CEO until 1987 and was named
chairman emeritus in 1997.
W. J. (Jerry) Sanders III was born in
Chicago. He earned a BS in electrical
engineering from Illinois State University
and worked at Douglas Aircraft and Motorola
before joining Fairchild as a salesman in
1961. He rose to group director of worldwide
sales and marketing before leaving to
co-found Advanced Micro Devices in 1969.
Sanders served as president, CEO. and
Chairman of AMD until 2004.
Moderator Floyd Kvamme was an early Fairchild
marketing manager, vice president of
marketing at National Semiconductor, and
executive vice president of Sales and
Marketing for Apple Computer. He is a partner
emeritus at the venture capital firm of
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and co-chair
of the president's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology.
More information on the history of Fairchild
Semiconductor can be found at:
www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/
Tags : Computer History Fairchild Semiconductor Moore Silicon |
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Affichage : 3420
Durée : 6167 s |
| Fairchild Model 91 "Baby Clipper" |
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The Fairchild Model 91 was built in 1934/35
to meet a requirement for Pan Am for an
amphibian flying boat suitable for operations
in South America Amazon and Chinese Yangtse
regions and up to 8 passengers could be
carried in the hull. Some sources say 6 were
built (2 going to Pan Am and 2 to private
buyers and 2 to Japan) while others say 8
were built but I am pretty sure that actually
7 or 9, including the prototype, were built
with a pair serving for Pan Am, a pair for
Brazil, two for Japan and two sold to private
buyers, of which one was later used by the
RAF in Egypt. The confusion could lie in the
fact that the Brazillian pair and the Pan Am
pair were the same (ie: Pan Am serving out of
Brazil). The original prototype served with
the Spanish Nationalists after they captured
it off the Republicans during the Civil war
years and the RAF also used one in Egypt as
an Air and Sea Rescue type.
F-91 (A-942-A) Baby Clipper 1935 (ATC 587) =
10pChwMAm; 750hp P&W Hornet; span: 56'0"
length: 46'8" load: 3200# v: 173/155/63
range: 730. Alfred Gassner. $41,300-60,000,
depending on extent of customizing; POP: 3
[NC14743 (prototype with retractable wing
floats, and Zap flaps), NC14744=PPPAP,
NC15952=PPPAT]. Most had engine conversions
throughout their careers.
91-B (A-942-B) Jungle Clipper 1936 (ATC 605)
= 10pChwMAm; 760hp Wright Cyclone; span:
56'0" length: 46'8" load: 3200# v: 175/155/63
range: 610-720. POP: 1 specially equipped for
NYC Museum of Natural History [NR777]. Some
data show POP: 3 Model 91 and 4 Model 91-B,
likely explaining subsequent motor changes.
Tags : Fairchild Model 91 F-91 Baby Clipper Amphibian seaplane aircraft airplane aviation history |
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Durée : 90 s |
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