File:Convair XF2Y-1 disintegrates in November 1954.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart (BuNo 135762) disintegrates in mid-air over San Diego Bay on 4 November 1954, California (USA), during a demonstration for Navy officials and the press, killing Convair test pilot Charles E. Richbourg when he inadvertently exceeded the airframe limitations.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7213.005 (cropped)
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