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Pilot killed when historic plane crashes into prison
A pilot was killed when the last remaining prototype of a 1940s aircraft crashed in the exercise yard of a state prison in Norco on Monday, authorities said. The Northrop N-9M crashed about midday "under unknown circumstance" at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, about 15 miles west of Riverside, shortly after takeoff from nearby Chino Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said. The pilot, whose name was not immediately released, was killed on… (www.desertsun.com) Plus d'info...
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That was the last one? OMG! I remember seeing that in the original 'The War of the Worlds', and thinking how amazing technology had progressed, and then nothing was ever made of it. This is tragic on many levels.
And it was a one third scale 'proof of concept' plane. Still, incredibly historic. Quite a loss. Again, on many levels.
looks like they put 2 stories together? C-310 crash on 405...down below info on N9???
You are correct; the N-9M was all yellow, a flying wing w/o a vertical stabilizer and did not impact on the 405.
The image here is correct:
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/04/22/PPAS/d41c4dbb-515c-486f-8be9-4556d432d10d-Downed_airplane.JPG?crop=1300,946,x608,y293&width=540&height=&fit=bounds&auto=webp
The image here is correct:
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/04/22/PPAS/d41c4dbb-515c-486f-8be9-4556d432d10d-Downed_airplane.JPG?crop=1300,946,x608,y293&width=540&height=&fit=bounds&auto=webp
rip.