B-52 Stratofortress Film Report (1964)

Synopsis

This incredible film, FLIGHT WITHOUT A FILM, recounts an extraordinary accident that took place in 1964. As Lt. Col. Schmidt of Norton Air Force Base explains, on January 10, 1964 a flight crew flying a B-52H for Boeing was testing the aircraft over mountainous terrain. Flying from Boeing's Wichita plant, pilot Chuck Fisher took off in a B-52H with a three-man Boeing crew, flying a low-level profile to obtain structural data. Over Colorado, cruising 500 feet above the mountainous terrain, the…

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10 minutes

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