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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

The longest runways had front course and back course ILS (Instrument Landing Systems) and an on-field VOR that provided navigation and approach capabilities for aircraft on instrument flights. The Tower had no radar. There is no telling what that would do to the stall speed.

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B-1B bomber accident at Ellsworth AFB caused by crew errors, unhealthy culture

Aerotime

At approximately 17:47 local time, the B-1B supersonic bomber, tail number 85-0085, crash-landed outside Runway 13 at Ellsworth Air Force Base. The aircraft touched down about 100 feet (30 meters) short of the runway, causing the rear radome to strike the ground and the main landing gear to hit the approach lighting system.

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