B-29 Tragedy.

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JVM, the guys for sure were on low funding, working in harsh conditions. They were also highly credited in being record holders and whatnot but still failed in one BASIC thing that requires NO MONEY, just time and patience to do: pre-flight checks to assure everything REALLY is ready. A test pilot should know this already. Now they missed that APU being a makeshift one, still running and thus caused a blaze resulting in the loss of the plane. Small errors cause big problems is a slogan used by air forces. Even the best and known ones make mistakes that can cost dearly. But again, being wise 15 years later and from armchair is useless as you said.