Dan Air 1008

[411A]

Perhaps you would be happy for you and your compatriots to be referred to as "Yanks" at every juncture?

Seems to me this happens quite regularly here, and I have absolutely no objection.

[Warmtoast]

411A

In actual fact, the J47 jet engines on later B-36's could be (mostly) routinely restarted at 50,000 feet, to enable high speed bombing runs.
This was on the 'Featherweight' models, which had much equipment removed to attain these altitudes.

I thought the J47s were needed to get the B-36 off the ground in hot and high, Max AUW conditions.




Although I could be wrong as the picture below shows all ten engines running at height!

[Lucky Strike]

Go ahead and make your documentary bridxb.

We should be constantly reminded of the dangers in this job and of the mistakes that have been made; these mistakes will be repeated in time.

[411A]

I thought the J47s were needed to get the B-36 off the ground in hot and high, Max AUW conditions.

That, and just as important, to increase the airspeed over the target, to avoid the effects of the nuclear weapon deployed....the get away quickly, scenario.

I clearly remember these aircraft flying overhead in southern California in the mid-1950's.
Even though they were quite high (30,000 feet+) you could clearly hear the airplane...not the engines, the beat from the six 19 foot diameter propellors.
It would rattle windows, big time....no mistaking that unusual sound.

[scrivenger]

philbky check your pm's or pm me with your email

[pacplyer]

Pac's First encounter with "the Man"

Well pacplyer, it seems your lack of knowledge is something which should be addressed. All the posts moderated in this thread were done by licenced pilots involved in the airline industry. You got a problem with that ?? ....

PPRruNe Radar,

Your most worthy Airworthiness,

Thanks for the response. Was a claim at the other sites. Claimed they were banned by flight attendants brought in to help with the workload. Thanks for clarifying that it’s not true. Out of curiosity, I googled "banned by pprune" and came up with 5,170 google responses.

Sorry to be inflammatory, but how can I read inflammatory “live wire” discussions if “Duck Rodgers” on post #15 keeps sanitizing them? IMHO it’s reading about the uncomfortable stories like are found in NASA’s Aviation Reporting System that greatly improve air safety. Instead of nuking them, how about rebuking them? Like you just did with me? We have no body language feedback on-line so none us knows really how he/she is being received until we read a sour response post. If we kill all the sour response posts, don't we loose objective sense of peer opinion?

PPrune is a great site. (I’m just trying to keep the conversation interesting, that’s all.) Just trying to increase your advertising traffic.

So maybe my view was not the correct one, here, after all. Hey, there’s a first time for everything!

I'll work on the on-line CRM!

Cheers,

pac

[BOAC]

I suspect 'bridxb' has long since lost interest in this spotters' competition, but if still around, I would say there is much value in 're-aring' the story for those newbies who didn't see it before, but I question the expense of re-doing it when you can buy the video I linked to for far less!

[DAN DARE MANCHESTER]

flight 1008

hi i might be able to help you, my parents had friends whos daughter and her husband wher killed on this flight, although they have both since also passed away the girl who was killed has a twin sister who lives near by me. although i was only 12 at the time of this accident i remember it very clearly as most of the dead where burried in southern cemetery in chorlton manchester, i went to chorlton high school which is near the cemetery and i will never forget the huge marque that was put up and all the coffins going down the road. i agree with you this was a devestating accident that in todays terms was and has been very much brushed under the carpet, you always get one knob head talking bull**** about digging up the past, its not about digging up the past its about respecting and remembering the victims just as we do for all cases of tragedy thats what history is all about thats why iam going to armistace sunday tomorrow or should i not bother as it will upset all the families by digging up the past ?

[J4CKO99]

In a Bizarre way, this incident got me interested in aviation, my dad worked in the "Pump" room at Greater Manchester Transport on Hyde road in Manchester, I was ten and remember him telling my mum his colleague had been killed in this accident, it has always stuck with me as it was my first experience of death.

Asked my dad about this today and the chaps name was Jack Marr, apparently another guy at the same depot died along with his wife, according to my dad a caring chap in one department advised this guy who was having marital problems to take his wife on holiday to see if they could sort out their differences, but they were booked onto the fateful flight.