died for aviation discovery

snaproll20 · Post by **snaproll20** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:29 pm

There have been a lot of interesting polls recently, with lots of good input.
How about a list of people who died, sometimes innocently, discovering a new aspect of aviation we all now take for granted?

For example:
Otto Lilienthal (1896) (glider pioneer)
Geoffrey deHavilland (high speed research)
The B-17 crew returning from Italy to N. Africa who wound up mid-Sahara because of the (then) unknown jetstream.

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Blakey · Post by **Blakey** » Fri May 13, 2005 3:52 pm

B-24 "Lady be Good"

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Fri May 13, 2005 6:41 pm

The crew of the BAC 1-11 G-ASHG that entered a deep stall and crashed had big ones, made of brass. They kept transmitting how the aircraft was performing and what they were doing to break the stall untill the aircraft hit the ground.

bigred · Post by **bigred** » Sat May 14, 2005 12:43 pm

snaproll20 if you want to know more about the story of the bobmer in the desert pm me i know about 99%of the story as it is something I am very interested in the bomber not the weather