On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:55:02 -0000, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:


"Ragnar" wrote in message
...


Risky? Flying in and of itself is risky. Perhaps you could do some basic
research and check out how many times A/R has resulted in the loss of an
aircraft. You'll find that taking off and landing in perfect weather is
more dangerous.



I can think of at least one hi-profile accident and thats the B-52
that went down at Palomares , Spain with live weapons aboard.


I know a guy whose father was the navigator on a KC-135 that a B-52
ran into over Kentucky in 1959. The resulting fireball dropped
wreckage over a wide area, including unarmed nuclear weapons.
All of the KC-135 and some of the B-52 crew perished. This accident
resulted in the "breakaway" procedures.

John Hairell )