cardboard_killer Posted February 18, 2023 Posted February 18, 2023 [80 years ago today] "• The second Boeing XB-29 prototype catches fire and crashes into a meat-packing plant north of Seattle during testing. All ten aboard the aircraft and nineteen on the ground are killed. Frye Meat Packing plant after the accident"
Supercharger Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 Somebody knows what caused the B-29 to crash into the building?
AndyJWest Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Supercharger said: Somebody knows what caused the B-29 to crash into the building? Engine fire. https://www.historylink.org/file/2874
Supercharger Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 @AndyJWestthanks for your fast response..... By the way, a little known fun fact about the B-29, it is the first "fly by wire" aircraft i ever heard of. Because the C-1 Autopilot was steerable via an "sidestick", primarily used for formation flying.
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