Fail - Page 14

capnhowdy · 05-05-2009, 04:00 PM

That last fail looks awfully familiar. I agree. Should have worn green hoof wraps to match the hat and bag. What a goddam idiot.

TheMercenary · 05-05-2009, 04:02 PM

The last one is a blind chick that was in the daily photos thread recently.

capnhowdy · 05-05-2009, 04:04 PM

...ahem....

xoxoxoBruce · 05-06-2009, 12:27 AM

Actually that B-52 was far from fail....

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January 10, 1964, started out as a typical day for the flight test group at 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 B-52 encountered some turbulence. Fisher climbed to 14,300 feet looking for smoother air. At this point the typical day ended. The bomber flew into clear-air turbulence. It felt as if the plane had been placed in a giant high-speed elevator, shoved up and down, and hit by a heavy blow on its right side.

Fisher told the crew to prepare to abandon the plane. He slowed the aircraftand dropped to about 5,000 feet to make it easier to bail out. But then Fisher regained some control. He climbed slowly to 16,000 feet to put some safety room between the plane and the ground. He informed Wichita about what was happening. Although control was difficult, Fisher said he believed he could get the plane back in one piece.

Response to the situation at Wichita , and elsewhere, was immediate. An emergency control center was set up in the office of Wichita 's director of flight test. Key Boeing engineers and other specialists were summoned to provide their expertise. Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control centers at Denver and Kansas City cleared the air around the troubled plane.

A Strategic Air Command B-52 in the area maintained radio contact with the crew of the Wichita B-52.

As Fisher got closer to Wichita, a Boeing chase plane flew up to meet him and to visually report the damage. When Dale Felix, flying an F-100 fighter, came alongside Fisher's B-52, he couldn't believe what he saw: The B-52's vertical tail was gone.

Felix broke the news to Fisher and those gathered in the control center.

There was no panic. Everyone on the plane and in the control center knew they could be called upon at any time for just such a situation. In the emergency control center, the engineers began making calculations and suggesting the best way to get the plane down safely.

The Air Force was also lending assistance. A B-52, just taking off for a routine flight, was used to test the various flight configurations suggested by the specialists before Fisher had to try them.

As high gusty winds rolled into Wichita , the decision was made to divert the B-52 to Blytheville Air Force Base in Northeastern Arkansas .

Boeing specialists from the emergency control center took off in a KC-135 and accompanied Fisher to Blytheville , serving as an airborne control center.

Six hours after the incident first occurred, Fisher and his crew brought in the damaged B-52 for a safe landing.

"I'm very proud of this crew and this airplane," Fisher said. "Also we had a lot of people helping us, and we're very thankful for that."

The B-52, Fisher said, "Is the finest airplane I ever flew."

TheMercenary · 05-06-2009, 11:49 AM

Wow. Great story. I have been wondering about the story behind the pic since I first saw it. Thanks.

Gravdigr · 05-07-2009, 03:02 AM

I said ALMOST.

Gravdigr · 05-07-2009, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The last one is a blind chick that was in the daily photos thread recently.

She failed there also.

toranokaze · 05-07-2009, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

http://www.funnyforumpics.com/page.p...86869377609gif

I wounder if he came back from that one

capnhowdy · 05-07-2009, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by toranokaze

I wounder if he came back from that one

I doubt his pride will ever heal.

toranokaze · 05-07-2009, 12:44 PM

True he is on the internets

classicman · 05-13-2009, 08:24 AM

Mmm mmm good - and they say salad has no protein

capnhowdy · 05-17-2009, 06:04 PM

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limey · 06-05-2009, 04:01 PM

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xhaos01 · 06-05-2009, 05:29 PM

jeez, what a shitty paint job

capnhowdy · 06-05-2009, 11:04 PM

That little white speck on the top of chicken shit is ...... chicken shit.

05-05-2009, 04:00 PM	#196
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	That last fail looks awfully familiar. I agree. Should have worn green hoof wraps to match the hat and bag. What a goddam idiot. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-05-2009, 04:02 PM	#197
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	The last one is a blind chick that was in the daily photos thread recently. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-05-2009, 04:04 PM	#198
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	...ahem.... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-06-2009, 11:49 AM	#200
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05-07-2009, 03:02 AM	#201
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05-07-2009, 12:44 PM	#205
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06-05-2009, 11:04 PM	#210
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