06-23-2022, 12:28 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Posts: 6,507
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Originally Posted by Ez2cDave
Arguably, the greatest PMC crash of all time might be the one that occurred in 1975, at NARAM-17, in Orlando, FL. I was an eye witness to the event.
Jim Hartman's "PAN AM SPACE CLIPPER ORION" lifted off and, at about 25-30 feet, veered sharply into horizontal, powered flight. It headed towards the edge of the flying field and, at about 200 mph, struck a high-tension power line. It, literally, disintegrated into a cloud of "plastic dust" and, to the best of my knowledge, no wreckage was ever recovered !
Dave F.
This photo was taken by the late "Micromeister". It closely approximates Jim Hartman's model.
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Hopefully the event didn't cost that NAR Section any money for an insurance claim (high-tension power lines are rather expensive per foot of length, and I can see an electric power utility wanting to replace it even if it appeared to be undamaged [what if it broke and fell later, starting a fire and/or carbonizing people under it?!]). |