Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (12 Viewers)

[andy1967]

Lear Jet 60 without tail feathers and wing out board sections.

The net.

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Youtuber Max Afterburner has a video of this. Heartbreaking to watch .

 

[MiTasol]

The wings appear to be fully attached in that video. The horizontal stabiliser does appear missing though.

There is also a NTSB report at


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9kApMnbYOQ

 

[Zippythehog]

Lear Jet 60 without tail feathers and wing out board sections.

The net.

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Tragic.

 

[Warspite63]

Kawanishi H3K Flying Boat 1932-1936 photo 1 the net
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Looks awfully, well, British ...

 

[MiTasol]

Looks awfully, well, British ...

There is a reason that a lot of Japanese aircraft look British and contain a lot of British design features and technology.

After WWI a large number of British aircraft and engine designers were out of work because the war to end all wars meant that the British government was not spending money on military aircraft. Many of the top designers took jobs lecturing at Japanese Universities and working in Japanese research facilities.