Deadly turbulence
Subtitle: the air safety lessons of Braniff flight 250 and other airliners, 1959-1966
By: Steve Pollock
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780786474332; 9781476613260
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Aircraft accidents; Case studies; Jet transports; Accidents; Safety measures
Description: "Jet airliner operations in the U.S. began in 1958, but almost immediately the new aircraft created new problems 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 complacency and helped build a foundation for safer air transportation"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. "I don't sleep well nights"; title: 1. The day the movies almost died: Pan American World Airways flight 115; title: 2. Melting into a threatening sky: Northwest Orient Airlines flight 705; title: 3. Unusual conditions and circumstances: the investigation of Northwest Orient flight 705; title: 4. A turbulence problem? persistent questions; title: 5. "It broke the sound barrier at least once": United Airlines Flight 746; title: 6. The nation's most progressive airline: Eastern Air Lines flights 301 and 304; title: 7. A strange, weird thing: Eastern Air Lines flight 301; title: 8. Disappeared into the overcast: Eastern Air Lines flight 304; title: 9. Extraordinary lives: Grant Newby,  Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux and Kenneth Lee Spencer; title: 10. "Extreme disintegration of the aircraft structure": the investigation of Eastern Air Lines flight 304; title: Part II. Falls City; title: 11. Dusting off a dusty little airline: Braniff International Airways; title: 12. Airstrip: "The end of the plain plane"; title: 13. Fastback jet: the BAC One-11; title: 14. Happy birthday! Bill Schock, the war, and that night in August; title: 15. Milk run: Braniff International Flight 250; title: 16. "One big, terrible nightmare": Flight 250 and Falls City; title: 17. "Ease power back": the investigation of Braniff flight 250; title: 18. Mr. Tornado: dr. Ted Fujita and the squall line of August 6-7, 1966; title: 19. Knocked from the sky: a  high-intensity force; title: Part III. Postscript; title: 20. New normals: the "before" and "after" times.