When the First Tornado Forecast Emerged Amidst Aircraft Destruction

When the First Tornado Forecast Emerged Amidst Aircraft Destruction

Send us Fan Mail Imagine a world where the word "tornado" is banned from public weather announcements and tornadoes are considered unforecastable. This was not Bizzaro World, but the United States of America in the 1940s. It was thought the the mere word, tornado, would cause panic and the mass hysteria would cause more death than the tornado itself. Meanwhile, U.S. Air Force weather forecasters were laying the ground work for the first tornado forecast after two tornadoes in five days tore a...

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When a Volcano Silenced a Boeing 747 High Over the Indian Ocean

When a Volcano Silenced a Boeing 747 High Over the Indian Ocean

Send us Fan Mail “When a Volcano Silenced a Boeing 747 Over the Indian Ocean," is the heart-stopping tale of a commercial jetliner – a Boeing 747 – that, contrary to every other episode in this podcas...

23 Aug 202357min

When a Helicopter Crash Silenced ‘Number One' - The Story Behind the Stevie Ray Vaughan Helicopter Crash

When a Helicopter Crash Silenced ‘Number One' - The Story Behind the Stevie Ray Vaughan Helicopter Crash

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about the 1990 crash of a Bell JetRanger helicopter that was carrying a pilot and four passengers. The helicopter crashed into a ski slope at night and in the fog, kil...

10 Jul 202334min

When Eastern Airlines Flight 66 Crashed Moments from Landing at JFK International Airport, Part 2

When Eastern Airlines Flight 66 Crashed Moments from Landing at JFK International Airport, Part 2

Send us Fan Mail This is Part 2 of 2. On a summer day in 1975, Eastern Airlines Flight 66 crashed just yards away from its intended runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport near New York City....

7 Jun 202342min

When Eastern Airlines Flight 66 Crashed Moments from Landing at JFK International Airport, Part 1

When Eastern Airlines Flight 66 Crashed Moments from Landing at JFK International Airport, Part 1

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 of 2. On a summer day in 1975, Eastern Airlines Flight 66 crashed just yards away from its intended runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport near New York City. Witnesse...

5 Jun 202334min

When the B-52 Lost Its Tail and Crashed into Elephant Mountain

When the B-52 Lost Its Tail and Crashed into Elephant Mountain

Send us Fan Mail In 1963, there was an unusual crash of a U.S. Air Force B-52 Bomber. The plane, while attempting to escape severe turbulence, lost its vertical stabilizer and rudder – essentially los...

1 Mai 202332min

When Lightning Strikes

When Lightning Strikes

Send us Fan Mail On December 8, 1963, Pan Am N709PA, a Boeing 707 with the call sign "Clipper 214," exploded in flight just minutes from its final destination. Thunderstorms delayed that landing and ...

12 Mar 202348min

When the C-124 Globemaster Crashed into a Mountain and was Buried Under Snow for 60 Years

When the C-124 Globemaster Crashed into a Mountain and was Buried Under Snow for 60 Years

Send us Fan Mail This is the tragic tale of an Air Force cargo plane that went un-rescued for 60 years after it crashed in a blinding snowstorm and over some of the harshest terrain that Alaska has to...

30 Jan 202354min

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