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Old 24th Jul 2011, 13:44
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There are some outstanding B-58 tales here:

tate - bombs awry - AbeBooks

Looking at that AAHS thing - The bomb-nav on the 1961 record crew captained by John Denver's father, Henry Deutschendorfer (not surprising that John went for something a little snappier) was Bill Polhemus. He went on to develop the head-tracking system that is used in the JHMCS helmet display system, among others.

It also talks about the record-breaking flight from NY to Paris, but doesn't mention that the return-leg crew were killed when the B-58 crashed in a flight demonstration days later.
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