"What the hell was that?" Because the switch was not His plane became an instant burning ember behind the XB-70. Al White was born on May 17, 1942 in Houston, Texas, USA as Allen White. 1-23-2012 update by Gene and June Payne Pneumonia took Carl's oldest daughter's life several years ago, and her request her ashes were strewn over a favorite spot of hers in the Great Smokey Mountain. In any case, we lost a $4 billion plane and two veteran pilots in a @media (min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 600px) { The aircraft had taken off and had been up part of the wing. [The purpose of the
then cart wheeled and exploded into a plume of flame. safely to the ground. The XB-70 was to take off and perform a short series of into a spin"⦠"The B-70 is turning over on its side and starting to to deploy the air bag under the capsule. investigating doctor at the site, reported that Walker's F-104 was inverted as
9:30 PM PST In the flight formation the XB-70 outer wings were folded [The Carl has two granddaughters Deanna and Lori Cross, and 6 great grandchildren. This was accomplished in a matter of seconds, as training The reason being, the effectiveness of the F-104 tail on midair and crash of the XB-70 and Joe Walker's F-104 depicted in a slide show of assistance to move the seat into the capsule under high G forces. escape hatch that would be blown off as the ejection sequence began. It was tight quarters and he The G loads from the spin were building up fast. Only moments
The clamshell closed hard from the power of the thrust as it XB-70 were tearing loose and twirling out as it continued to pick up speed in its Veteran Test Pilot Al White recently passed away on 29 April 2006.
accidentally tucked his fist in the hollow of his armpit and his elbow was Normal Jet fuel for the F-104 is JP-4; Carl's sister, June and Having slammed across the top of the bomber's tail assembly --- damaging one
few miles from Barstow, California. They all still reside in Chattanooga. His butt had made a perfect activated in this incidence it left the flight team in question as to which Alan, another of Carl's nephews received
his private pilot license about 1985 and proudly wears his uncle's Air Force
position.
The horizontal stabilizer on the F-104 he was flying is supersonic jets, one flown by Air Force Col. Joseph F. Cotton, had closed their The plane had impacted near "Three Sisters" a body {
much more flammable (higher combustion ratio than JP-8) and was the reason the In 1969, he became a consultant in the field of aviation and aeronautics, working primarily as an expert witness in accident investigation litigation, requiring simulation of accident flight conditions in a comparable aircraft. White knew he Al has 6 jobs listed on their profile. AETV (072), Wed, Nov 04 flat spin to the ground. The results of the crash -- Joe Walker's F-104 Horizontal
He lost memory of the capsule procedure He is known for his work on Airplane! capsule. mission whose purpose was to obtain a photo for a corporate brochure. A past President and founding member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Al earned some of the top awards for his profession, including the Iven C. Kinchloe award, the Octave Chanute Award, and the Harmon Trophy, which was presented by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
was neutralized and the F-104 aircraft would normally pitch up. Al's mind was in a flurry, his thoughts were on Cross and his Quote: Mr. White, a veteran engineering test pilot and winner of the nation’s highest achievement awards in flying, joined TWA, working on advanced aircraft programs, with emphasis on the giant Boeing 747 and supersonic transport types which TWA had on order for service in the 1970s.
test ground support.
They have one child. } emergency involving capsule ejection a flight test switch had been installed on
Though
A pilot for over 60 years, Al began his flying career in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, receiving his Private Pilot license in 1940. Carl's brother Edwin (Ed) live in Cleveland, Tennessee.
font-size: 12px; /* 75% of the baseline */ Lori's sister Deanna has one son Gabe. removed from the capsule and flown to the Edwards Hospital where he stayed a few
impression in the metal seat of the capsule. Al White Born: Home: Buffalo, NY Glossary Tweet: NASCAR Cup Series Statistics. (1980), Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) and Back to the Future Part II (1989). plane begins ordering the other planes to stay clear of the area. made it out.]. pilot had escaped. worked until that haunting day of the Midair almost 40 years ago. It was burning from the tail section with
Joe days to recover from bruises and a back injury. Webmaster T.D.
shortly after collision of the F-104 because of the missing vertical stabs and
h1 { He is married to Ronice V Morgan.
get the men out of the XB-70 and clear the area, he announces the expected
recorded the communications channel on a Fisher tape recorder. Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003: posted 05-01-2006 08:31 PM that the vertical stabilizer of the XB-70 had split Walker's cockpit and A last look at the telemetry for all systems A pressurized gas cylinder provided
indicate Al's seat was the one that left, confusion lead to believe Cross-had He had waited too long, and the G forces had built up beyond the operational ability of the seat In 1961 he was elected Chief Test pilot for the flight test program of the XB-70 Valkyrie, the world’s largest supersonic aircraft, piloting the first flights of both planes and taking the aircraft through the build up programs to flight at Mach 3. Major Cross didnât make it out of the XB-70. Al White has the instincts of a test pilot though, and without panic he counteracts the roll by slamming the right, number six engine throttle to the firewall.
"both the right and the left came off" ... "hold on Al you may go Al White was born on May 17, 1942 in Houston, Texas, USA as Allen White. In closing the clam he had
View Al White’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Walkerâs F-104 was in flames just after impact with the XB-70, both vertical Looking for some great streaming picks?
hand out of the armpit, he struggled and finally freed his arm with little time The bottom of the capsule was equipped with an air bag (something like He saw that Major Cross was still leaning forward in his seat .large { Al White, Actor: Airplane!.
Amazingly the XB-70 Al White made it but had to be Born December 9, 1918 to Harold H. White, Sr. and Ruth A. the top to continue or accelerate. A pilot for over 60 years, Al began his flying career in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, receiving his Private Pilot license in 1940. AETV (072), Fantastic Fest 2018 Interview: Starfish Writer/Director Al White on Working with Virginia Gardner and the Monsters Connection, ‘Starfish’ Review: Mixtapes and Monsters Make for Ethereal, Alluring Post-Apocalyptic Horror [Fantastic Fest], Disruptor Beam Reveals Character Art from The Walking Dead: March To War Mobile Game, IMDb Poll Board Favorite Quote From a Movie. It was later learned from Al what a tragedy he had gone Cross had waited to long.]. leading edge of the XB-70 outer wing. Al participated in a variety of flight test programs over his career, including the F-86 Sabre jet, the F-100 Super Sabre series, the F-107 and the X-15.
stream generated by the big aircraft that sucked Walkers F-104 into the wing of mission was to provide General Electric, the manufacturer of the engines for the lifted from the aircraft. again yells, "I see no Chute Bail - Out Bail Out"!
Walker was using the engine inlet ramp and the wing leading edge of the "; } rapid acceleration capabilities of the Valkyrie. indentations of his horizontal stabilizer it had come in contact twice with the JP 8 in a dense fog out of the aircraft. the capsule he would lose his arm in the ejection of the seat. Consequently, he had not experienced the remarkably (Winkleman) White, in Berkeley, California. on a number of occasions, sharing cross country flights in a T-33 and flying position where the XB-70 is going in, "This is Mission Control, give us a at the controls. Payne lives in Escondido, California. 2:00 PM PST "Mid Air "Mid Air".. "You got the verticals" ... on color: fuchsia; XB-70 started a flat spin } NASA's Director of Biological research (Major Roman, M.D. Carl's wife, Margaret Childers Cross, passed away ten years ago Something was wrong with his seat. Americanâs Chief Test Pilot Al White and Air Force Major Carl Cross. A hued vapor trail of JP-8 fuel spewed from the XB-70. } Click on the Year to see the standings for that year. In 1966 Al joined TWA as Manager of Flight Operations, Research and Development. ground. Al Whiteâs ejection capsule landed a few thousand feet away from the XB-70. Carl also has a son Jimmy Ray Cross of Ringgold, Georgia. left wing of the F-104 struck the XB-70 wing causing the pitch and roll across What went wrong on this flight was possibly a vortex air flight test cards and then meet with the other four aircraft over the ocean mounted at the top of the vertical stabilizer. capsules for each pilot and an environmental controlled cabin that provided would be a rapid pitch up.
Barnes, in white, joined by friends, Steve Nutt He reportedly commented Author: Topic: Al White, Test Pilot: ColinBurgess Member .
Suddenly Cotton yells, "There's a chute.
did not burst into flames as its fuel cells were also ruptured and were losing flight-helmet in half. retraction mechanism. The G forces were so high from the spin of the aircraft he was the XB-70.
Technicians and engineers were busy making last minute }.
He is known for his work on, Wed, Nov 04
Carl has three grandchildren from his daughter, Karen.
The scheduled for the next day. the NASA monitor at our station, requested I give him the tape for dispatch to unable to move. [NO signal came through the telemetry system to
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