This Day in Aviation History: Broken Arrow

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 09/23/2019 at 13:01 • Filed to: None

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 Ttyymmnn covered this today. I offer the episode of This American Life, Act One. Excellent recounting of those events in the first person.

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For Sweden > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/23/2019 at 13:06

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The whole idea of a liquid-fueled ICBM is comical.  

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/23/2019 at 13:08

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Also this from PBS:

Command and Control , a documentary about the disaster as part of the American Experience series.

Edit: Looks like there might be a paywall. Might be on YouTube. It’s very good.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/23/2019 at 13:11

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This american life is always great,

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/23/2019 at 13:12

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But where does John Travolta fit in?

MonkeePuzzle > facw 09/23/2019 at 13:15

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no where. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/23/2019 at 13:16

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Agreed, though for my taste, it frequently is irreverent and too Bohemian for my liking. But when it’s good, it’s resoundingly  good.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/23/2019 at 13:18

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I’ve found RadioLab to be a good mix. And then 99% invisible when you want the straight facts. 

facw > For Sweden 09/23/2019 at 13:47

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And yet it’s been quite popular over time.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/23/2019 at 13:59

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Broken Arrow incidents are always interesting to read about. I’m partial to that time the Air Force dropped an H-bomb on Albuquerque in 1957 .

facw > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/23/2019 at 14:28

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I’ve got to say the Navy accidentally rolling an A-4 complete with pilot and nuclear bomb off a carrier and into the ocean would be sort of a comical picture if the pilot hadn’t died.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/23/2019 at 15:52

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Yes, totally agreed. Very high quality.

The problem with This American Life is that it’s too Ira Glass.