A couple of 'interestng' Pics

[Maverick]

G'day Gang,

A regular email I receive from 'Strange Cosmos' dropped these two pics in.

The first is a very tasty looking Luftwaffe 'Fin' in a commemorative scheme, whilst the second is... well, is it or isn't it?

Regards,

Mav

[AeroplaneDriver]

The second is from a fairly notorious crash about 10 years ago IIRC.  The pilot was a rather high ranking fella that many, many junior officers had refuesed to fly with due to his rather reckless manner.  This picture was taken during a practice flight for an airshow I believe.  After the first pass he rolled it up waaay too steep for the altitude had to play with and, consequently killed himself and his unfortunate crew.  A lot of airline human factors training programs use this individual as an example of how not to operate an aircraft.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E21byPXR1ek

After looking at the video again, I see it was 1994.  My birthday in 1994...

[sotoolslinger]

OH S

[Maverick]

Oh jeepers, so the Buff is a real pic?  I thought some smart-arze might have photoshopped it.  Bugger plus, but totally understandable given some high rankers tend to have an overinflated view of their abilities.

Regards,

Mav

[Sentinel Chicken]

You can see an ejection hatch in that shot of the doomed B-52.

Here's the next shot in that series:

[r16]

it has its own wikipedia article , the fairford crash maybe . The pilot was so dangerous that the base commander banned him flying unless he was onboard .

[Gary]

I remember it. I also remember CNN blathering about the pilot being manic depressive and committing suicide and that story getting picked up and bantered about.

[upnorth]

As memory serves that BUFF crash happened at Fairchild AFB and I believe the pilot was the CO of one of the bomber units and did indeed have a reputation for being a bit "old school" and cowboyish in attitude.

They were practicing for an airshow demonstration slated for the following day.

That was also the last year that BUFFs were stationed at Fairchild.

[Captain Canada]

That Tornado pic is a great shot...thanks Mav !

The Buff story and video always piss me off. Selfish, egotistic prick.....The variation of the story I heard was that it was his last flight before flying a desk, and he was showing off.

[jcf]

Here is an in depth analysis of Lt Col Arthur "Bud" Holland and the crash.

http://s92270093.onlinehome.us/CRM-Devel/resources/paper/darkblue/darkblue.htm

Jon

[frank2056]

it has its own wikipedia article , the fairford crash maybe . The pilot was so dangerous that the base commander banned him flying unless he was onboard .

It's The Fairchild AFB B-52 Crash

[Jschmus]

Talk about "bending the airplane".  Ouch!

[Daryl J.]

IIRC, the right seater in the B-52 was a friend of someone who used to frequent Hyperscale.   Also, had the crash happened about 3/10's of a second later, he'd have been out safely if memory serves.   Furthermore, the footage being shot was narrated by the pilot's wife.

All around a tragedy caused once again by a great big attitude.



Daryl J.

[kitnut617]

On ARC (I think) some months ago, was a thread about someone who had built a very large scale flying model of a B-52 and there was a video link showing it's first flight.  The model took off alright but as the RC operator began to turn the model back towards him he banked it too much and it did the very same thing as the real thing did in these pictures.  The strange thing is it happen not long after the real accident.

[John Howling Mouse]

Bud Holland's exploits and "leadership" style are used in my company as a "How Not To Do It" management course, complete with the original article from the reporting USAF Officer.