Can you identify this pre-1969 aircraft fire test, from video?
August 10, 2023 5:03 PM Subscribe
This YouTube is queued to a scene from a 1969 documentary, which shows an airplane on fire approaching the camera. Do you know anything about it?
It's from the last of a series of videos hosted by Peter Jennings called The Fabulous 60s. Probably a ground test, with the aircraft unoccupied.
It's from the last of a series of videos hosted by Peter Jennings called The Fabulous 60s. Probably a ground test, with the aircraft unoccupied.
Best answer: Here's a better quality copy of the same video from the San Diego Air and Space Museum, along with a similar contemporaneous video showing a Lockheed Constellation crash test.
posted by Johnny Assay at 5:27 PM on August 10, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by Johnny Assay at 5:27 PM on August 10, 2023 [5 favorites]
It looks like something that could have been included in Koyaanisqatsi
posted by falsedmitri at 8:14 PM on August 10, 2023
posted by falsedmitri at 8:14 PM on August 10, 2023
It is amazing footage - of a very expensive experiment. There have been some others such as the "Crash in the desert" with a Boeing 720 from 1984 (Wikipedia) . Or this 2012 crash of a Boeing 727. (Wikipedia) Note the pilots parachuting out of the plane just before impact in that last one.
posted by rongorongo at 12:33 AM on August 11, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by rongorongo at 12:33 AM on August 11, 2023 [4 favorites]
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posted by Johnny Assay at 5:12 PM on August 10, 2023 [5 favorites]