1954 Navy Accident Rate

[pilotyip]

Picked up a neat book "Danger - Stories from the Navy's Approach Magazine" In the first week of 1954, the year before Approach was first published, this was the Navy's accident rate. The book says this was a typical week.
Major Accidents 51, Fatal Accidents 7, Fatalities 21, A/C Destroyed 17.
Rate of 33.8 accidents per 100,000/hr. WOW, we have come a long way.

 

[BuzzSaw]

I read Gen Paul Tibbet's book.

He was with some of the first bomber units to go to England in '42. He says that they anticipated losing 15% (or something like that) of the aircraft ferrying over to the UK. On the ferrry flight!!

 

[SNAFU22]

Sounds like a pretty interesting read. Just finished "Thoughts of a philosophical fighter pilot", by Jim Stockdale. I loved hearing stories of how the Navy did things back then from the Ole salts. Big change since when I was in. Hey Yip ever attached to VP-46?

 

[pilotyip]

VP-45 NAS Jax and VP-93 NAF Detroit. The book is available used on Amaozon, it is a great read if love hangar flying stories

 

[SNAFU22]

Ok, VP-30 Jax and VP-46 Whidbey Is. First deployment with 46 we moved from Moffett field to Whidbey Is. I was enlisted AC, the guy who would load the belly and the wine rack inside. Thought we might have crossed paths,
being the P-3 community is fairly small.