HOW THIS B-52 STRATEGIC BOMBER LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT ITS TAIL FIN - Incident report from a B-52 Pilot, who landed the aircraft without a tail fin. On 10 January 1964 a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress was being used to test buffeting turbulence effects on aircraft when the entire vertical stabilizer fin and rudder were unexpectedly ripped off.<br /><br />Amazingly the aircraft was able continue in controlled flight and after five hours Pilot Charles "Chuck" Fisher landed the crippled plane safely at Blytheville AFB. <br /><br />This film is an Aerospace Flight Safety report by the United States Air Force which details the events that occurred, with supporting footage from chase aircraft and ground cameras.<br /><br />
