[Milsurplus] [ARC5] B-17 Crash Near Hartford CT

[Mark K3MSB]

There is no indication that the B-17 shattered in flight or suffered any
kind of fatigue.  That's why they have annual inspections at the very
least, depending upon the type of service the aircraft is used in as well
as registration class.   "Nine-o-Nine" did not have an experimental
registration.

As I write this (5:17 PM EDT) it looks like the #4 engine (Starboard,
outboard) had a problem and the aircraft returned to base.   A B-17 with
full fuel and 10 people on board certainly does not need 4 engines to land
(or takeoff.....), and we don't know if she had full fuel on board.    What
happened?  I can arm-chair QB from a Private Pilot's perspective just as
good as anyone at this time,   but what's the point.   Theory based on
almost nothing ain't worth much, if that much....something the news media
doesn't care about.

The topic of should rare aircraft fly has been going on for decades.   One
point of view is one's responsibility to history;  the other is private
property ownership.
Warning.... I'm going from memory here.....   about 25 years ago there was
a rather public flare up about this topic concerning an air museum in the
PNW area.   I think it had something to do with Dave Tallichet, but can't
be sure.   Basically the owner of the aircraft said he paid for them
legally, they were his, and he'd do whatever he wanted to do with them.
Good Grief,  I have 35 years of Air Classics in the attic from year 1 to
about 2000;  I need to pull them down and keep them near the tube
radios.... something to read when the tubes are warming up.

73 Mark K3MSB

On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 4:38 PM KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:

> It seems to me, these things are over-drawn on lifespan.  How long can
> something be shaken, before it fatigues, and shatters in flight?
>
> Kurt
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