During terminal velocity dive test from 45, 000 feet ( 14, 000 m ), aircraft yaws to starboard, then begins roll.
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The 1-34 has the originally specified terminal velocity dive brakes, that limit the glider to below redline speeds in a vertical dive.
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The separation of the empennage from the Constellation resulted in immediate loss of control and the aircraft went into a nearly vertical, terminal velocity dive.
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*1939 Yugoslav Rogo ~ arski IK-3 prototype, piloted by Capt . Milan Pokorni, fails to recover from terminal velocity dive out of Zemun airfield, destroying airframe.
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After its first flight, the Curlew successfully completed its initial trials, which include a terminal velocity dive at 305 mph ( 491 km / h ) and a maximum loaded weight producing a wing loading of 14 lb / sq ft ( 68 kg / m 2 ).
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*1935 Prototype Grumman XF3F-1, BuNo " 9727 " ( 1st ), c / n 257, company model G . 11, disintegrates when pulled sharply out of a terminal velocity dive, the tenth and final such test in six flights, killing pilot Jimmy Collins.