TEST PILOT UNSCATHED AFTER 600N LOSES TAIL BOOM IN FLIGHT, BURNS ON GROUND
A veteran McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems test pilot escaped injury last week when the prototype 600N helicopter he was flying lost its tail boom following a rotor strike, made a hard landing after autorotation and then burned when hot exhaust components started a brush fire on the ground. Chan...
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