US Navy Reserve Crash Seattle Dec 14 1930

[paulmcmillan]

George Many thanks for this I am coming back to this after a bit of tine. I am 100% sure Gall was Pilot and Schreiber was pupil

Gall appears to have been an experienced pilot aged 28 If he was a test pilot for Boeing If Schreiber is who I think he is he was only 20

Kind regards Paul

[twocee]

The pilot is shown as having 687 hrs. total flight time, so it is likely to have been Gall.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Paul

With regard to the XP-15 accident. Pete Bowers state the engine shook itself loose after a high-speed run followed by a vertical climb.
May I suggest that happened at around 1000 feet and not 1 foot.
Gall may well have left the aircraft at around 50 feet. An aircraft is very difficult to handle after the engine has gone and it would also come down very, very fast. I am surprised he managed to get out at all....

Also thanks George for the aircraft details. Your knowledge is simply enormous!

B Rgds
Stig

[paulmcmillan]

Stig - Thanks for update and yes George your US Navy knowledge is amazing I only hope I can sometimes put more 'meat' on the bare bones of the accident report and also provide a bit more follow up

[twocee]

Its not so much knowledge as having the relevant material. I have these early accident records simply because I needed them when compiling the US Navy section of Ray Sturtivant's book on the DH-4.