Military / Defense

Project A119 – “A Study of Lunar Research Flights”

Background Project A119, also known as "A Study of Lunar Research Flights", was a top-secret plan developed in 1958 by…

March 1, 2015

Operation Redwing

Operation Redwing was a United States series of 17 nuclear test detonations from May to July 1956. They were conducted…

March 1, 2015

Uncategorized Documents

The following is a list of documents that have not yet been categorized into the other categories.  Until they are,…

February 28, 2015

FAA Office of Aviation Research Report Index

The following documents were obtained from the FAA.  Although not all about aircraft accidents, this serves as an interesting guide…

February 28, 2015

N71MC — Hudson Mid-Air Collision (08-08-2009)

On August 08, 2009, a midair collision occurred between a sightseeing helicopter and a single-engine plane over the Hudson River. Below…

February 28, 2015

USS Minneapolis St. Paul, Four Sailor Deaths, 12/29/2006

Four crew members were washed overboard by heavy waves on 29 December 2006 in Plymouth Sound, England as the ship…

February 28, 2015

Collision between USS Hartford and the USS New Orleans, March 20, 2009

Background The USS Hartford and USS New Orleans collision was a collision between the United States Navy Los Angeles-class submarine…

February 28, 2015

USS San Francisco (SSN-711) Crash, January 2005

Background On 8 January 2005 at 02:43 GMT, San Francisco collided with an undersea mountain about 675 kilometers (364 Nautical…

February 28, 2015

4,000 tons of shells explode in Central Russia, October 2012

According to RT.com: More than 4,000 tons of shells exploded near a military testing ground some 40 kilometers from the…

February 28, 2015

Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska C-17 Crash, 06/28/2010

On 28 July 2010, at approximately 1822 hours local time (L), a C-17A, Tail Number 00-0173, executed a takeoff from…

February 28, 2015