B-17 crash in Connecticut

Snattlerake · Nov 1, 2019

Multiple people were killed and several were injured 10-2-2019 when a B-17 “Flying Fortress” crashed just outside Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., at 9:45 a.m. this morning. According to officials, the World War II-era plane, dubbed Nine-O-Nine (pictured above in 2018), crashed during an emergency landing.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a29344004/b-17-flying-fortress-crash/

The Nine - O - Nine

AKguy1985 · Nov 1, 2019

I read about that awhile back. Did anybody else go see the B-24 that was at TASM? I got a few pics of it.

Snattlerake · Nov 1, 2019

This was the first I had seen or heard about a crashed B-17 in our decade.

I saw the B-24 Liberator and a B-25 Mitchell fly around a few times. I have also seen the B-17 that usually flies with FIFI a few times here since I'm on the outskirts of Wiley Post. Back in the 90's we looked into getting FIFI to come to a air show. It was cost prohibitive as they wanted $10K per engine per hour and a guaranteed attendance of 500,000 people. A B-17 always flew with her and they were a separate expense. WP also has an A-20 Havoc that is based there.

The same publication also said the F/A-18 Hornet was flown for the last time by the Navy on that same day. It has been replaced by the F/A-18 Superhornet and the F-35. The Blue Angels will transfer over to the Superhornet in 2021 and the Marines will still use them for a few more years as close combat air support for ground troops.

Decoligny · Nov 1, 2019

It crashed on Tuesday, 1 Oct 2019.
Seven people died.
Those who survived owe their lives to Air National Guard Command Chief Master Sergeant James Traficante. Out of habit engrained from many years of flying, he brought his heat resistant Nomex gloves with him on the flight, even though he was just a passenger. This allowed him to be able to open an extremely hot escape hatch and drag another injured passenger to safety, and also allowed other surviving passengers to escape the flames.

Snattlerake · Nov 1, 2019

See, it's this stuff we don't hear about.

skyhawk1 · Nov 1, 2019

Was all over the news the day it happened.

HeyEng · Nov 1, 2019

Snattlerake said:
See, it's this stuff we don't hear about.

I think it was pretty well reported when it happened. I ignore most of the "newz" since most of it is bull squeeze anyway but I did hear about it. Of course, most of the reporting on it was jumping to conclusions and making up facts that were incorrect, but I would expect nothing less.

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