B-36 Crash Hike
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2021
- Walking Planet Earth (No One Left Behind)
Walking Planet Earth hike to B-36 Crash Hike. Adventure is the only way to steal time from death.
Walking Planet Earth caminata en Las Cruses New Mexico Slot Canyon. La aventura es la unica forma de robar le tiempo a la muerte
Music by: Kevin Graham, Artlist
IN DECEMBER OF 1953, An unusual blizzard caught a B-36 bomber in the sky with no way to land. Earlier in the day, the plane had started a relocation trip to Biggs Airfield in El Paso, Texas. But when it got close to downtown El Paso, the pilot couldn’t find the airbase because of the conditions.
The bomber is believed to have struck one of its massive wings on the side of the mountain before crashing into the ground. Accounts say there was a large fire at the crash site that sent smoke into the sky for days. Rescue crews couldn’t reach the wreckage site due to the snow and the difficult landscape. All nine airmen ultimately perished.
Today, due to the rugged terrain, there’s still much of the wreckage scattered on the mountain. You can reach the site of the crash by hiking a challenging trail. There are still large pieces of the engines, landing gear, and even part of a tail fin on the mountain. People have also built memorials to the airmen by the wreckage.
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The blood and treasure paid for the freedom we enjoy. May this mountain be eternally defended by the crew and the silver wings that carried them...
Despite the sacrifices made by the armed forces, many 'freedoms' have been nodded away in the Legislature and in the Congress: one excuse for that was "9/11". You can now be arrested and held indefinitely without charge and without access to legal counsel.
What freedom?
The 9/11 incident was terrible. Our follow up was reactionary to a fault, like imprisonment of Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Reactionary, not well thought out! Like Iraq war, stupid waste of men and money. But we needed to do something.
@@glendavis1266 They DID something, but they conveniently overreacted.
The remnants are still there. In 1972 we hiked from my condo at 4800 N. Stanton in El Paso, 3/4 the way up steep angles on Mr. Franklin to see the wreckage. In those days, there were still people around that could explain the event in detail. Yes, weather was a factor, but the reason for the crash was the flight crew thought (in error) they were on the East side of the mountain instead of the West side, resulting in them plowing straight it. There was a major debris field. Biggs Field and El Paso International Airports sit at 4,000 feet elevation and are situated on the East side of Mr. Franklin. The crash site I'm estimating to be another 2,000 feet higher than the airports. I received my Private Pilot License in El Paso and am very familiar with the area. The vast majority of the wreckage was hauled down the mountain on mules, which took many trips. It's a long climb with no trail to follow. Still remaining are radial engines and sections of turbine engines. Everything else was hauled out. When you fly into El Paso from the West (Las Cruces, NM) you have two choices. One was to fly through the pass itself, which had an enormous ASARCO (American Smelting and Refining Company) smoke stack, or fly North of the pass, directly over Mr. Franklin, which is what the crew thought they had done. Once over the mountain, if you are military, you land on Runway 21 at Biggs Field and if you are civilian the ILS (Instrument Landing System) is Runway 22, and YES, civilian pilots (including commercial flights) have landed on the wrong runway. On one occasion, a Learjet 25 made the mistake and the military made an example of the event. The owner was required to demate the wing and haul the plane over to El Paso International. And NO, insurance didn't cover it. I have many wonderful memories there, not the least of which is that I took my checkride with the infamous Larry Bartlett (flight examiner), who treated me very well and overlooked my nervousness.
I hiked up there in 1995 after having to do a lot of research on exactly where it was - was surprised that this ignored crash became a local sensation when it was found again several years later.
I stumbled on a GA (General Aviation) plane crash while hiking in Maine near the Sunday River Sky Resort a number of years back. The field of wreckage in the peaceful mountain forest environment was rather surreal.
Wreckage in the mountains is always at least one tombstone...
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Thank you for sharing this video!
You bet!
I think too few people realise the enormous cost of military training accidents . During WW2 , almost 15,000 aircrew were lost on U.S. soil . The wreckage of a B-25 and a T-6 lie mere yards apart on a mountainside some 20 miles away from where i live in Arkansas , the results of two separate accident in the immediate post-war timeframe .
Where did you get the stat on 15000 aircrew lost on US soil during WW II? I believe you, I am just curious.
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Source: Army Air Forces Statistical Digest of World War II
Read a book that said the ratio of training versus combat deaths among aircrew was higher in training than operations. Remember LAC Donald Barnes Parkhill, an American, killed on 13 August 1942 in a flying accident while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Cause of the crash, pilot error.
There is a WWII era B-17 wreck on a mountain east of Yuma az as well
Very moving. It is important to remember…
Visited this while stationed at Fort Bliss, TX. So sad that 12 airmen were lost there.
Absolutely 😞
There’s also a b25 that crashed on the east side of the mountain after departing Biggs during ww2.
Need to look for that trail
Thank you. :-)
It's no surprise that struts and pieces of the massive landing gear are there, hardly bent for damage. They had to withstand the massive weight for landings so what's a crash going to do...put a few dents in the parts? And amazing aircraft that would have been awesome to see ready for use in late WWII instead of the 'Peacemaker' missing out on the action, and becoming a Cold War relic before its time.
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Quick enough way
R.I.P. hero's.
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Freedom isn't Free!
A little hard to watch with no context. Some commentary would help.
It’s written in the description.