Low level B-52 and crash

[FLYBOYJ]

This was an idiotic, stupid thing to have happened. Three LtCol's were
aboard Czar 52, and 1 full Col, when it took a wave off from the tower
while in the landing pattern. LtCol "Bud" Holland, the pilot made an
extreme bank while at 250 feet altitude, the left wing hit a power line
prior to crashing. LtCol Holland was Chief of the 92nd Bomb Wing
Standardization and Evaluation branch. Co Pilot was LtCol Mark McGeehan,
and Col Robert Wolff was aboard as a safety observer. This was to be his
last flight in a B-52. His family were watching as the plane crashed.
The Radar-Navigator position was filled by LtCol Ken Huston, the 325th BMS Ops Officer.

There were several attempts to have LtCol Holland "grounded" prior to this
flight..... all unsuccessful for his "hot-dogging".

A fellow pilot said that Bud Holland's lifetime ambition was to roll the B-52 !

Charles

Makes me think of this guy - I just saw the movie...

 

[fly boy]

i herd last year a b-52 was carried a few nukes is that right?

 

[fly boy]

or it was the year before that

 

[ccheese]

Makes me think of this guy - I just saw the movie...

Right on, Joe.... "The War Lover" was just on TV this week. Another
"hot dog" (in the movie)....

Charles

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Just where were you in June of 1994 ???

Charles

A twinkle in his fathers eye.

 

[Matt308]

Great pic Charles. Was that from a McQueen movie? That 17 is friggin low!!!

 

[Wildcat]

Great pic Charles. Was that from a McQueen movie? That 17 is friggin low!!!

Yeah Matt, the movie is called "the war lover". Good flick.

 

[Njaco]

also stars Robert Wagner. Takes it into the cliffs of Dover at the end.