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FAA says no passengers on Collings Foundation aircraft after deadly CT crash
In a recent ruling, the Federal Aviation Administration revoked the Collings Foundation’s permission to have passengers aboard its aircraft after a deadly crash last October, citing various safety reasons. The ruling comes nearly six months after a World War II B-17 bomber Nine O Nine — owned by the Collings Foundation — crashed soon after taking off from Bradley International Airport on Oct. 2, 2019. (www.ctpost.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
A real shame. I rode in their B24 two years ago because the B17 ride was sold out. Great fun.
My son and I took a touring flight on this B-17 from Waterbury/Oxnard airport on Sept.7,2019 at @ 10:30 AM. We did not see any indications of safety concerns. Some oil was leaking from one or more engines.
Shouldn't this 4 engine bomber which I must assume was carrying a very light load consisting of a handful of passengers, have been able to limp back for a safe landing on 3 engines ? Was there more than an engine failure here, or what ?
I recall that right after the incident at a press conference. I believe it was the Governor of Connecticut said all these old planes should be grounded. Go figure! Gee,did some one else say political meddling.
I'm a retired electrical engineer, spent a while designing, installing & flight testing non flight critical electronics, during this time I was exposed to a Safety culture that required me to re-think some of my design methods, in the long run most everything that surprised me was actually common sense.
Even the culture in my auto enthusiasts group would never condone ignoring ignition issues.
I doubt that the safety culture in Collings has always been this way, and we are all aware of the financial challenges of operating this type of organization, I am hopeful that the Collings Foundation can recover but this may be the beginning of the end.
Even the culture in my auto enthusiasts group would never condone ignoring ignition issues.
I doubt that the safety culture in Collings has always been this way, and we are all aware of the financial challenges of operating this type of organization, I am hopeful that the Collings Foundation can recover but this may be the beginning of the end.
From a distance,and without all the information, could it be that a lot of responsibilities were handled by one, not so young person? Before I even read the caption under the picture of the elderly gentleman who was the pilot and the person responsible for maintenance, standing on the very top step of a ladder working on an engine, I thought to myself,it looked pretty risky. It sounds like the engine issues could have been discovered and some easily corrected, if an honest maintenance schedule was maintained. Nevertheless, a very sad ending on many levels.
The elderly gentleman standing on the top of a ladder: (either 6' or 8' AGL) doing engine maintenance is rather dangerous and concerning. I'm 65 and have good balance, but would never do that!!!. Not a good image of safety at all!