Deadly Turbulence

The Air Safety Lessons of Braniff Flight 250 and Other Airliners, 1959-1966

Steve Pollock (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

236 Seiten

2014
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7433-2 (ISBN)

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Jet airliner operations in the U.S. began in 1958, bringing, it was thought, a new era of fast, high, safe, smooth, sophisticated travel. But almost immediately, the new aircraft were involved in incidents and accidents that showed jets created new problems even as they solved old ones. This book discusses five disasters or near-disasters of the early Jet Age, experiences which shook the industry, regulators and public out of early complacency and helped build a more realistic foundation for safer air transportation.

The book takes a detailed look at the 1966 destruction of Braniff International Airways Flight 250 in Nebraska. Nearly two years of inquiry helped advance the understanding of jet operations in severe weather and saw the first use of Cockpit Voice Recorder technology in an aviation accident investigation. In addition, a University of Chicago professor, Dr. Tetsuya ""Ted"" Fujita, conducted a more intensive investigation of the weather system which downed Flight 250. Over time, Dr. Fujit''s already extensive knowledge of thunderstorms and tornadoes led to his creation of the Fujita Scale of Tornado Intensity, the F-scale that we hear about so frequently during storm season.

Retired public school educator Steve Pollock fell in love with airliners at the age of five during a fateful encounter with a brand-new Pan Am 747. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Prologue

Part I. “I don’t sleep well nights”

1. The Day the Movies Almost Died: Pan American World Airways Flight 115

2. Melting Into a Threatening Sky: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705

3. “Unusual conditions and circumstances”: The Investigation of Northwest Orient Flight 705

4. “A turbulence problem”? Persistent Questions

5. “It broke the sound barrier at least once”: United Airlines Flight 746

6. “The Nation’s Most Progressive Airline”: Eastern Air Lines

7. A Strange, Weird Thing: Eastern Air Lines Flight 301

8. Disappeared into the Overcast: Eastern Air Lines Flight 304

9. Extraordinary Lives: Grant Newby, Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux and Kenneth Lee Spencer

10. “Extreme disintegration of the aircraft structure”: The Investigation of Eastern Air Lines Flight 304

Part II. Falls City

11. Dusting Off a Dusty Little Airline: Braniff International Airways

12. Airstrip: “The End of the Plain Plane”

13. Fastback Jet: The BAC One–11

14. Happy Birthday! Bill Schock and That Night in August

15. Milk Run: Braniff International Flight 250

16. “One big, terrible nightmare”: Flight 250 and Falls City

17. “Ease power back”: The Investigation of Braniff Flight 250

18. Mr. Tornado: Dr. Ted Fujita and the Squall Line of August 6–7, 1966

19. Knocked from the Sky: A High-Intensity Force

Part III. Postscript

20. New Normals: The “Before” and “After” Times

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	33 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
	Reisen ► Reiseführer
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	0-7864-7433-5 / 0786474335
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7433-2 / 9780786474332
Zustand	Neuware