Explosion at USAF McKinley Climatic Lab at Eglin AFB

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07/05/2017 at 16:20 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Cold weather testing on a B-1.


DISCUSSION (15)


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > Jcarr
07/05/2017 at 16:26

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Yikes - sounds like some dangerous stuff *might* have been released, too. Prayers that everyone is OK...


Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Jcarr
07/05/2017 at 16:27

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Pretty sure that first pic was taken near our old house. I used to live across the bay from Eglin.


Kinja'd!!! Ash78, voting early and often > Jcarr
07/05/2017 at 16:29

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“OK, now we’re going to test what it’s like to have planes exposed to 130-degree tarmacs with 95% humidity” *opens door to hangar*


Kinja'd!!! SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Jcarr
07/05/2017 at 16:30

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I misread this as climactic, which also works.


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/05/2017 at 16:31

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You didn’t misread. I made a typo. Corrected now.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr
07/05/2017 at 16:35

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How anti-climatic.


Kinja'd!!! Chris Clarke > Jcarr
07/05/2017 at 16:38

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Looks like just a fire and no explosion.

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Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Ash78, voting early and often
07/05/2017 at 16:38

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Lived across bay, can confirm.


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > Chris Clarke
07/05/2017 at 16:39

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Good to hear


Kinja'd!!! Frenchlicker > Jcarr
07/05/2017 at 16:43

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My sister said she was driving to work and saw the plume. I guess it was quite large.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often
07/05/2017 at 16:54

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Pretty sure that 130 degrees is just the air temp.


Kinja'd!!! Ash78, voting early and often > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
07/05/2017 at 17:33

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The bay that shall remain nameless because so many people say it wrong. /we vacation in South Walton almost every year...


Kinja'd!!! Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn
07/05/2017 at 17:34

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The moisture is so thick, even the boats can fly.


Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Ash78, voting early and often
07/05/2017 at 18:10

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Nevermind, wrong bay then. I lived across Blackwater from Eglin. Eglin is huge.


Kinja'd!!! RacinBob > Jcarr
07/05/2017 at 18:47

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Ooh, They were using Methyl Chloride R-40 as a refrigerant. Good refrigerant, except for the toxic and highly flammable problems. Nasty stuff. I guess the Air Force didn’t get the memo.  

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