Also: P-40 Landing Gear Failure, AVW: Breaking The Sound Barrier, Aeromobil 3.0, Wright Brothers Master Pilots
While it is WAY too early to name a specific probable cause for the accident that befell SpaceShipTwo, evidence has revealed a series of worrisome clues that seem to indicate that SpaceShipTwo may have undergone an uncommanded wing feathering sequence at a speed in excess of Mach One. Wing feathering requires two primary actions... the first is to activate the wing feathering system, usually done at 1.4 Mach and, this time, done a bit earlier at about 1.0... the other is to actuate the wing feather sequence itself... which was reportedly NOT commanded or actuated... but occurred anyway. The ramifications of an uncommanded feathering system actuation at such speeds are s