Talk:1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash

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POV

This has a bit of a conspiracy-theory tone. I've removed the non:RS link, and added a couple tags. The "solar variance" angle sounds a bit dodgy; I heard the bomber was simple testing a missile prototype. Fell Gleaming^(talk) 23:56, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

More details about the “sun tracker” test and its intended weapon system deployment, is here (starting page ten).http://www.divetheb29.com/B29/documents/whyB29copy2.pdf--Aspro (talk) 13:15, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Fallout: New Vegas reference

I removed the section about a heavily modified version of this crash being used in Fallout: New Vegas. It was unsourced, and didn't add anything to the article, personally.

If anyone disagrees, feel free to put it back up. ~ Baron Von Yiffington ^. _talk ^. _contribs 00:42, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

I have removed the exact same thing from the page again. It was still unsourced, still added nothing to the article, and still means very little to anyone who has not played the game. If anyone disagrees, please explain why it belongs. ~ Baron Von Yiffington ^. _talk ^. _contribs 22:55, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

sorry for the edit. it was quite literally my first Wikipedia edit & im still very new so im definitely not good at it. Jhon dough (talk) 15:48, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

You are correct. If not sourced then it shouldn't be up. But I think it belongs because the game is pretty popular and it is an interesting reference. I'll search around for a proper source and let you know. LeMasterC (talk) 03:09, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

what kind of source would you even find for that? don't get me wrong, i think it should stay in the article, but still....

(is this an 11 year old comment? yes. am i going to still reply to it? also yes.) Jhon dough (talk) 15:18, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Located

The wreck was apparently located sometime in 2002? http://www.8newsnow.com/story/1371390/federal-judge-to-decide-who-keeps-b-29-find http://www.seatrepid.com/files/LAMEAAReview11-02-V3.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmaccabe (talk • contribs) 06:16, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Crew "bailed out"?

As I read the story, the plane hit the surface of Lake Meade, destroying the engines. Thus the plane settled on the lake surface. At that point, the crew wouldn't "bail out" (i.e.: use parachutes), but rather simply evacuated the plane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terry Thorgaard (talk • contribs) 19:29, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

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Unless there is more to the story, this should not be in the Engineering Disasters category, as it was a human factors error on the part of the pilots, not a failure of design, engineering, construction, or material.

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