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Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood
In 1946 a test pilot lost control of his plywood airplane over Beverly
Hills, California and plowed into a neighborhood, damaging a few houses. The test pilot was Howard Hughes. - from www.odd-info.com |
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Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood
javawizard wrote:
In 1946 a test pilot lost control of his plywood airplane over Beverly Hills, California and plowed into a neighborhood, damaging a few houses. The test pilot was Howard Hughes. - from www.odd-info.com That scene was in the movie The Aviator. |
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Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood
Recently, BillJ posted:
javawizard wrote: In 1946 a test pilot lost control of his plywood airplane over Beverly Hills, California and plowed into a neighborhood, damaging a few houses. The test pilot was Howard Hughes. - from www.odd-info.com That scene was in the movie The Aviator. I especially liked the way the aluminum wing cut through several units of a brick apartment building. He must have been going close to the speed of light! ;-) Neil |
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Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood
That scene was in the movie The Aviator.
I especially liked the way the aluminum wing cut through several units of a brick apartment building. He must have been going close to the speed of light! ;-) Yep, that scene nearly ruined an otherwise great movie. Whoever their aviation adviser was on that flick was either over-ruled by the director, or a complete maroon. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood
On 2007-09-20 11:25:45 -0700, "Neil Gould" said:
Recently, BillJ posted: javawizard wrote: In 1946 a test pilot lost control of his plywood airplane over Beverly Hills, California and plowed into a neighborhood, damaging a few houses. The test pilot was Howard Hughes. - from www.odd-info.com That scene was in the movie The Aviator. I especially liked the way the aluminum wing cut through several units of a brick apartment building. He must have been going close to the speed of light! ;-) Neil Hmm. I thought it was just scraping tiles off a roof. I'll have to look at it again. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood
"C J Campbell" wrote Hmm. I thought it was just scraping tiles off a roof. I'll have to look at it again. It was. They were terra-cotta roof tiles, which have the color and somewhat the consistency of bricks, so it would be easy to confuse the two. -- Jim in NC |
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Recently, Morgans posted:
"C J Campbell" wrote Hmm. I thought it was just scraping tiles off a roof. I'll have to look at it again. It was. They were terra-cotta roof tiles, which have the color and somewhat the consistency of bricks, so it would be easy to confuse the two. Interesting, I'll have to look at it again sometime. But to the pilot, I suspect that it would be a distinction without a meaningful difference. ;-) Neil |
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Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood
javawizard wrote in news:1190305174.005153.236440
@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com: In 1946 a test pilot lost control of his plywood airplane over Beverly Hills, California and plowed into a neighborhood, damaging a few houses. The test pilot was Howard Hughes. - from www.odd-info.com That airplane was not plywood. Bertie |
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Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood
javawizard wrote:
In 1946 a test pilot lost control of his plywood airplane over Beverly Hills, California and plowed into a neighborhood, damaging a few houses. The test pilot was Howard Hughes. - from www.odd-info.com here's more. Indeed not plywood. http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites...crash_site.htm Dang, He almost made the golf course. -- Message posted via AviationKB.com http://www.aviationkb.com/Uwe/Forums...ation/200709/1 |
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Howard Hughes' Little Airplane Accident in Hollywood
On Sep 20, 2:36 pm, "Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote:
here's more. Indeed not plywood.http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites...crash_site.htm Interesting the four-engine RB-50 (formerly B-29) was "much more economical" for the photo recon mission than the XF-11 twin? I'm also curious about the contra-rotating props on Hughes' plane - what was the benefit? The article says he did have conventional props put on the second prototype. |
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