5 May 1969 – A USAF North American F-100D-70-NA Super Sabre, #56-3214, one of two Super Sabres from the 452nd TFS/81st TFW out of RAF Lakenheath, was on a gunnery mission over Holbeach Range, Cambs., UK. The plane suffered engine failure, forcing pilot Capt. R.E. Riggs to eject. The jet fighter impacted into farmland, missing
27 August 1990: ” 27 August 1990: Four Bell JetRanger helicopters operated by Omniflight Helicopters Inc., arrived at a golf course near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, to pick up various musical artists after a concert at the Alpine Valley Music Theater and to return them to Chicago. They departed at 0040 hours, CDT. The number three helicopter, […]
26 August 1959 – “The White House enters the jet age… pressure from Secretary of State John Dulles (after whom the Capitol’s airport is now named) described “the somewhat shoddy appearance of a US President arriving at international meetings aboard a prop” plane, while Russian dignitaries flew in aboard jets…(1) “The first presidential jet plane,
Today in History – August 26, 1959 – US Presidents now ride in jets. Read More »
25 August 1965 – The first Curtiss-Wright X-19A prototype, 62-12197, was destroyed in a crash at the FAA’s National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center, Caldwell, New Jersey, (formerly NAS Atlantic City), when the gearbox failed, followed by loss of propellers. The Curtiss-Wright X-19, company designation Model 200, was an American experimental VTOL tiltrotor quadcopter airplane of the early 1960s. Test pilot James V. Ryan