爲創紀錄而導致的航空史上十大慘案(下)
5.L-1 Helgoland Disaster
5.L-1黑爾戈蘭空難Despite the German Naval Airship Division's sketchy track record since the building of the Zeppelin I in 1908, the latest military model was in the North Sea performing reconnaissance and war maneuvers just north of Helgoland when it flew into a hurricane. The airship's crew had trouble maneuvering in the strong wind. After sending a wireless message to base for help, they tried to land in the water, but they lost control and crashed. The airship's weight caused the gas bag to split, trapping many crew members in the water. By the time rescue boats arrived, only seven were still alive.
除了1908年建造齊柏林飛艇時德國海軍飛艇師粗略的成績記錄，最後的軍方模型在北海進行偵察和戰爭演習——它飛進颶風裏時，就在黑爾戈蘭北邊。戰艦上的船員很難在強勁的風中操縱飛艇。在向基地發送求救的無線電信息後，他們試圖在水上着陸，但是他們失去控制，墜毀了。飛艇的重量導致氣囊爆裂，把許多船員困在水裏。救援船隻抵達時，只有7人還活着。
les Stewart Rolls
4.查爾斯·斯圖爾特·勞斯
One-half of the famed partnership that founded the Rolls-Royce Motor Company, Rolls was a skilled racing car driver and keen aeronaut and aviator, making hundreds of balloon ascents and piloting an airship. After meeting the Wright brothers in New York and witnessing a flight demonstration in 1908, he was hooked on airplanes. Rolls taught himself to fly, accomplished the first double crossing of the English Channel, and gave demonstrations and exhibitions to enthralled crowds all over England. During an aerial show in Bournemouth, England, while competing for a prize in his modified Wright Flyer biplane, part of the tail snapped off. The biplane broke apart in midair and plunged to the ground. Rolls sustained a skull fracture and died.
勞斯不僅是創建勞斯萊斯汽車公司這個著名合作的一半，他還是嫺熟的賽車手、熱情的熱氣球駕駛員和飛行員，升起過幾千個熱氣球，還駕駛過一艘飛艇。1908年在紐約與萊特兄弟見面並親眼觀看過一次飛行表演之後，他迷上了飛機。勞斯自學飛行，完成了第一次往返穿越英吉利海峽的飛行，還爲英格蘭各地癡迷的觀衆進行展示表演。在英格蘭伯恩茅斯（Bournemouth）進行飛行表演時，他用其改進的萊特雙翼飛機爭奪一個獎項時，飛機尾部一處啪的一聲斷了。雙翼飛機在半空解體，墜向地面。勞斯顱骨骨折，死了。rial Airways Tragedy
3.皇家航空公司空難
Imperial Airways's "City of Liverpool" luxury airplane was scheduled to fly from London to Brussels with 12 passengers and three crew. During the flight, the plane caught fire, broke apart, and crashed outside Diksmuide, Belgium, killing everyone aboard.
皇家航空公司的豪華客機"利物浦之城"，計劃搭乘12名乘客和3名機組人員從倫敦飛往布魯塞爾。在飛行中，飛機起火，解體，墜入比利時迪克斯梅德（Diksmuide）城外，機上人員全部罹難。Investigators studied the wreckage and gathered eyewitness reports. One fact stood out: A passenger, Dr. Albert Voss, jumped from the plane prior to the fire. He didn't survive, but further digging revealed that Voss was involved in illegal drug smuggling. A police case had been built against him, and an arrest seemed imminent. Apparently, Voss's scheme involved boarding the plane, setting a fire, and escaping before it crashed. He had probably hoped to be declared dead and start a new life in Europe.
調查人員研究了飛機殘骸，收集了目擊者的描述。一個事實顯現出來：一位乘客，阿爾伯特·沃斯醫生（Dr. Albert Voss），在起火前從飛機裏跳了出來。他並沒有生還，但是進一步調查發現沃斯涉及非法走私毒品。警方已經針對他立案，似乎隨後就要展開抓捕。顯而易見，沃斯計劃登上飛機、縱火，並在飛機墜毀前逃離。他很可能希望被宣佈死亡，然後在歐洲開始新生活。elia Clark Fort
2.科妮莉亞克拉克堡
After working hard to become the first female flight instructor in Nashville, Tennessee, 22-year-old Cornelia was hired to train civilian and military students in Hawaii—in 1941. On the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, while on a training flight with a student, she took the controls to avoid a Japanese Zero and brought her plane to a safe landing in the midst of machine-gun fire. In 1942, she accepted an invitation to join the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Service (WAFS) flying planes from factories to military bases. While with a group piloting BT-13s to Dallas in March 1943, a novice male pilot clipped her plane with his plane's landing gear, causing her to crash. She didn't parachute out and was killed instantly on impact. You can learn more about Cornelia in this Nashville Public Television documentary.
經過努力奮鬥成爲田納西納什維爾第一位女飛行教練之後，22歲的科妮莉亞接受聘用，在夏威夷訓練民航和軍隊的學生——那是1941年。偷襲珍珠港當天，她正與一個學生進行飛行訓練，她控制飛機躲過一架日本零式艦載戰鬥機，並在槍林彈雨中將自己的飛機駕駛到安全的着陸地帶。1942年，他接受邀請加入婦女輔助運輸服務隊（WAFS），把飛機從工廠駕駛到軍事基地。1943年3月，她與一羣人將BT-13駕駛到達拉斯時，一位經驗不足的男飛行員駕駛的飛機上的起落架碰到了她的飛機，導致墜機。她沒有跳傘，立即喪生。從納什維爾公共電視臺的紀錄片可以瞭解到關於她的更多信息。raith Perry Rodgers
1.卡爾佈雷斯·佩裏·羅傑斯
The first of the pioneering aviators to fly the Wright EX across the US from New York to California in 1911, Rodgers became known as the "Vin Fiz Flyer" because his historic trip was sponsored by the Armour Company of Chicago, makers of a soft drink called Vin Fiz.
作爲飛行先驅中首位駕駛萊特EX穿越美國本土——1911年從紐約飛往加利福尼亞——的人，羅傑斯被人們稱作"Vin Fiz Flyer"，因爲其具有歷史性的飛行是由芝加哥裝甲公司贊助的，而這個公司生產了一種叫做"Vin Fiz"的軟飲料。Several months later, during a public exhibition at Long Beach, Rodgers's biplane was struck by a seagull. He lost control of the craft and struggled to pull up the plane's nose. Spectators watched the biplane crash into the beach close to the spot where he'd completed his record-breaking journey. The impact broke his jaw, back, and neck. Rodgers died on the way to the hospital.
幾個月後，在長島進行公開展演時，羅傑斯的雙翼飛機被一隻海鷗擊中。飛機失去了控制，他掙扎着拉起機頭。現場觀衆看着飛機衝向海灘——就在他曾經完成創紀錄飛行的地點的旁邊。事故導致他下顎、背部和脖子受傷。羅傑斯在去往醫院的路上死去。翻譯:羅惠月 來源：前十網
