[ARC5] B-17 Crash Near Hartford CT

[Richard Knoppow]

    We don't know yet and may not know for some time what caused 
the crash. An eye witness in one news account stated that one of 
the engines was sputtering and smoke was coming out the back. 
Presumably he meant the back of the engine. Too early to know 
anything definite. Since this aircraft was operating as a 
commercial venture and carried passengers for revenue I would 
presume it had to meet many modern standards for safety. I wonder 
if anyone actually knows. Did it carry a CVR and black box? It 
may be months before a definitive NTSB report is available.
    One news report stated it crashed into a de-icing facility.

On 10/2/2019 11:50 AM, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:
> But we do have the technology to recreate these flying beasties. 
>   It takes a lot of time and money, though.
> 
> Wayne
> WB4OGM
> 
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> No, sir.  I got to the Site in 1982; never saw it out there.  
> Does anyone know if any of the aircraft is salvageable besides 
> the tail and that one wing tip?
> 
> Any World War II aircraft which is regularly flown will 
> unquestionably end up as a pile of scrap and ashes. It's just a 
> matter of when.  I don't like it either, but that's a fact. If we 
> want to watch them fly, we must accept that sooner or later, our 
> desires will end with a pile of bloody wreckage.
> 
> Of course, all things end; unless The Almighty calls the game, 
> the fate of the entire universe is Dust & Ashes. But some things- 
> we can decide that fate be later, rather than sooner.
> 
> On the other hand, within a couple of more generations, about as 
> many people will care about a B-17 bomber as care about Egyptia n 
> chariots today.  Maybe it's better for the people who admire and 
> appreciate them to experience them now, before that long long 
> oblivion.
> 
> ------
> 
> It's being reported as the "nine-O-nine.  Very sad, probably full 
> of fuel at the time...
> 
> That A/C survived numerous nuclear airburst test at the Nevada 
> Test Site before being surplussed, flown out and restored...
> (Dave - did you ever see it parked at the north end of the Yucca 
> Lake airstrip?)
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Richard Knoppow
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