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Article: 10 rules for safe, low-level flight.(Timeless Topics)
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- Flying Safety
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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Have you ever noticed the alarming number of major accidents that have occurred to USAFE tactical aircraft on low-level missions? One of our tactical aircrews has, and he decided to jot down his ideas on the problem and share them with the rest of us. He is Captain Thomas E. Boyle of the 25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Chambley AB, France. His ideas are sound ones designed to meet the threats of low-level flying.
A look at the records shows that the threat is a real one. Since January 1963, we have had nine accidents that might have been prevented by adherence to this checklist. And in those nine accidents we have killed eight aircrew members. Their ...