Word: aircrew
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...displayed "maturity and responsibility above her peers." Other remarks say, "Lt. Flinn is an outstanding officer and aviator--her performance stands head and shoulders above her peers...incredibly sharp, professional warrior. Intelligent, aggressive and dedicated...stellar performer in all aspects of officership and aviation." She was also rated during aircrew-procedures testing as earning a "perfect 100% score." Her evaluator commented, "Best performance of aircrews on testing I've ever seen." She was also awarded "Distinguished Graduate" in her B-52 co-pilot initial-qualification class. The wrong stuff? Perhaps, if mediocrity is the goal. DONALD R. FLINN Atlanta...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: An Air Force inquiry has concluded that the April 3 crash of Secretary Ron Brown's plane in Croatia was the result of "failure of command, aircrew error and an improperly-designed instrument approach procedure." In a 22-volume, 7,000 page report, investigators concluded that all three factors were necessary for the accident to occur. The report said the plane should never have been allowed to land at Dubrovnik, because it was not equipped to handle the airport's 1930's-era navigational landing system. In addition, the pilots were not properly trained for landing at civilian...