Landing gear outrigger may have caused U.K. U-2R crash
Eyewitness reports suggest the fatal crash Tuesday of a U.S. Air Force Lockheed U-2R reconnaissance plane (DAILY, Aug. 30, page 323), may have been caused by failure of one landing gear outrigger to jettison after takeoff. Witnesses claim to have seen the pilot, 35-year-old Capt. David Hawkins, turn...
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