Smithsonian Report. 1955. — Hunsaker 



Plate 6 



1. Six dummies, seated in various positions and in several types of seats, rode a service-\vcar\- 

 Lodestar transport plane through a severe crash, one of a series staged b\' a research group 

 of the NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion Laborator\\ Objective of the crash program is to 

 gather data on passenger and pilot sur\"i\'al problems in aircraft accidents. 



2. Damage was heavy but hre was prevented ia this experimental crash because of a firc- 

 incrting system devised by the NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. A series of 

 crashes was staged with worn-out turbojet- and piston-powered aircraft to study problems 

 of fire and human survival in crash accidents. The white cloud in the picture is jet fuel 

 issuing from the ripped tank in the right wing. 



