Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Mar. 31 Whoops!..There Goes His Tail: A four-man Boeing test crew putting a B-52H through its pases over Arkansas, U.S.A. Succeeded in losing a major part of the plane's 40 ft. vertical fin. Loss of the tail piece occurred during a low level test mission designed to see how tough the craft was under conditions of extreme stress and strain. Despite the structural disaster, the B-52H made a perfect landing. Photo shows The seriously damaged tail of the B-52 being examined after the perfect landing
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13217271
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46970114
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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