Mike Stirewalt wrote: > The whole top half has come apart from the bottom. It appears to > have just fallen off. It's just lying there on the ground next to the > plane. Tornado? Vandalism? A real mystery.
Yep, an experiment gone terribly right. I hear that aft deck was tested to 245 mph, despite doubts that a thin piano hinge and some number 4 wood screws would hold it "at any speed". Maybe this is what happened when it landed after that flight... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com http://www.n56ml.com
