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Author:

Pollock, Steve, 1963- author.

Title:

Deadly turbulence : the air safety lessons of Braniff flight 250 and other airliners, 1959-1966 / Steve Pollock.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 222 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Subject:

Aircraft accidents--United States--Case studies.
Jet transports--Accidents--United States.
Jet transports--United States--Safety measures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.

Contents:

Part I. "I don't sleep well nights" -- 1. The day the movies almost died: Pan American World Airways flight 115 -- 2. Melting into a threatening sky: Northwest Orient Airlines flight 705 -- 3. Unusual conditions and circumstances: the investigation of Northwest Orient flight 705 -- 4. A turbulence problem? persistent questions -- 5. "It broke the sound barrier at least once": United Airlines Flight 746 -- 6. The nation's most progressive airline: Eastern Air Lines flights 301 and 304 -- 7. A strange, weird thing: Eastern Air Lines flight 301 -- 8. Disappeared into the overcast: Eastern Air Lines flight 304 -- 9. Extraordinary lives: Grant Newby, Marie-H©♭l©·ne Lefaucheux and Kenneth Lee Spencer -- 10. "Extreme disintegration of the aircraft structure": the investigation of Eastern Air Lines flight 304 -- Part II. Falls City -- 11. Dusting off a dusty little airline: Braniff International Airways -- 12. Airstrip: "The end of the plain plane" -- 13. Fastback jet: the BAC One-11 -- 14. Happy birthday! Bill Schock, the war, and that night in August -- 15. Milk run: Braniff International Flight 250 -- 16. "One big, terrible nightmare": Flight 250 and Falls City -- 17. "Ease power back": the investigation of Braniff flight 250 -- 18. Mr. Tornado: dr. Ted Fujita and the squall line of August 6-7, 1966 -- 19. Knocked from the sky: a high-intensity force -- Part III. Postscript -- 20. New normals: the "before" and "after" times.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0786474335 (softcover : acid-free. paper)
9780786474332 (softcover : acid-free. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)853310474

LCCN:

2014003862

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)