Deadly Turbulence

The Book
Deadly Turbulence: The Air Safety Lessons of Braniff Flight 250 and Other Airliners, 1959-1966 discusses six disasters or near-disasters of the early Jet Age, experiences which shook the industry, regulators and public out of early complacency and helped build a more realistic foundation for safer air transportation.

The airline disasters/incidents covered in Deadly Turbulence include:
• Pan American World Airways flight 115 | 1959
• Northwest Orient Airlines flight 705 | 1963
• United Airlines flight 764 | 1963
• Eastern Air Lines flight 304 | 1964
• Braniff International flight 352 | 1968

The Author
Steve fell in love with airliners at the age of five during a fateful encounter with a brand-new Pan Am 747 in Roswell, NM. He has been a 911 emergency dispatcher and a public school educator, journalist and author. He and his husband and their rescued basset hounds live in Nashville, TN.

Author: Steve Pollock

Model of N1553 created by Don Brown for the author

Documents

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Documents, Notes, Photos, Ephemera, Research Relating to the Crash of Braniff International Airways Flight 250 near Falls City, NE, on 6-Aug-1966. [Note: Some files are large and will take longer to access on slower internet connections.] Presentations & Local Coverage The 50th anniversary of the Braniff 250 disaster was commemorated in Falls City, NE, on…

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BI's "End of the Plain Plane" interiors with Alexander Girard-designed seating.

Prologue

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Jet airliner operations in the U.S. began in 1958, bringing, it was thought, a new era of fast, high, safe, smooth, and sophisticated travel. But almost immediately, the new aircraft were involved in incidents and accidents that showed jets created new problems even as they solved old ones. This book discusses five disasters or near-disasters…

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