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12 de sept. de 2020 · September 12, 1945: Flying Ram Aerial Tragedy. Published Sept. 12, 2020. US Army Air Froces. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif -- Northrop’s highly innovative XP-79B Flying Ram crashed and was destroyed during its first flight. Its pilot, Harry Crosby, tried unsuccessfully to bail out.
Harry Hume Crosby, 37, Northrop test pilot, was killed yesterday when his secret experimental aircraft crashed at the Muroc Army test base. Crosby, who lived at 915 N. Lincoln St., Burbank, leaves his widow, Elizabeth, two children and a sister, Mrs. Georgia Reneaux of Santa Barbara.
2 de ene. de 2022 · The jet-powered XP-79B only took to the skies once, with test pilot Harry Crosby in the unusual cockpit. Crosby had the plane airborne for just over 14 minutes when he attempted his first banking maneuver at around 10,000 feet.
On September 12, 1945, test pilot Harry Crosby finally took the XP-79B up in the air for the first time. It flew all right for about fifteen minutes, but the plane then suddenly went into a spin from which it proved impossible to recover. Crosby attempted to parachute to safety, but his chute failed to open and he was killed.
5 de sept. de 2016 · Crosby, Harry. American Northrop Test Pilot. Before World War II built and flew the CR-3 and CR-4 racing aircraft. Hired by Northrop before 1942 as a company test pilot, flying the exotic MX-324, JB-1 and XP-56 flying wing aircraft. Killed in the crash of the XP-79B in 1945. Died: 1945-09-12. Country: USA. Bibliography: 5294. 1944 July 5 - .
11 de oct. de 2023 · Only 15 minutes into the flight, test pilot Harry Crosby lost control while performing a slow roll. The Xp-79B then began to spiral downward from an altitude of 10,000 feet, flying into the ground. Crosby attempted to bail out, but was hit by part of the aircraft and killed.
28 de oct. de 2016 · During an early flight, the MX-324’s test pilot, prewar racing pilot Harry Crosby, encountered trouble when turbulence behind the P-38 towplane flipped the glider upside down. The MX-324 went into a spin. Even when it suddenly came out of the spin, it was still inverted and descending in ever-tightening circles.
