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Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Sep 2009, 19:38

Replies: 147

Meteor Accidents - 1953

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Safe Life to Fail Safe

The change of design strategy from Safe Life to Fail Safe is the other probable reason for the reduction in fatalities that reach a peak in '52 '53. at 330+ fatalities, which fell to 42 deaths in...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Sep 2009, 19:19

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Meteor Accidents - 1953

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Posted By RIHoward

Meteor Phantom Dive

Probably caused by Fatigue failure in the tail plane, which had two spars. The whole assembly was tested for strength, but they had not accounted for a halving in the components strength when the...

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