30 years goes by quickly! I was just watching this crash on You Tube a few weeks ago. On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Brent Watson via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:

I know that many here are aviation enthusiast. Some have even seen the video of this crash. 30 years ago today a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base while practicing a routine for an air show. You can read some information here: 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Number of years ago our son was stationed at Eielson Air Force Base at Fairbanks Alaska. He was an instructor at "the cool school", teaching arctic survival. There is a B 29 called the Lady of the Lake a few miles short of the runway at Eielson. She lies in a shallow lake half submerged and half exposed. Now much more water about her. A link is amusing planet.com. 73 Sent from my iPad

On Jun 24, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Brent Watson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:

I know that many here are aviation enthusiast. Some have even seen the video of this crash. 30 years ago today a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base while practicing a routine for an air show. You can read some information here: 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash - Wikipedia, th... The 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash occurred at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States, on Friday, 24 June 1994, when the pilot of a United St... View on en.wikipedia.org Preview by Yahoo

The video of the crash is here:

Crash of 'Czar 52'

Crash of 'Czar 52' This was to be Wolff's "Fini-flight," a tradition in the Air Force by which an aviator is hosed down following his last flight in an aircraft. View on web.archive.org Preview by Yahoo

A good analysis of the events leading up to the crash are here: Industry CRM Developers - Situational Awareness Management Course Outline

Industry CRM Developers - Situational Awareness Mana... Darker Shades of Blue: A Case Study of Failed Leadership By Major Tony Kern United States Air Force Copyright 1995, Anthony T. Kern View on www.crm-devel.org Preview by Yahoo

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