Aviation Epic: Pilot Lands B-52 After Losing Tail
Aviation Epic: Pilot Lands B-52 After Losing Tail
Clip: 429373_1_1
Year Shot: 1964
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1721
Original Film: 037-019-02
HD: N/A
Location: United States
Timecode: 00:15:46 - 00:16:46
A near tragedy is averted as heroic Test Pilot Charles Fisher nurses along a crippled B-52 to a successful landing after the vertical stabilizer was torn off. The data he had collected in the five hours he kept the plane aloft before landing will prove invaluable in the study of many mysterious plane crashes. Aerial shot of the crippled B-52 flying over Kansas. It looks like the tail of the plane broke off. CUS - Test pilot flying the plane he has an oxygen mask on. CUS - The control panel of the plane., MCUS - Test Pilot Charles Fisher landing the plane in Arkansas.