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| Keywords: Canadair CL-84 Dynavert on USS Guam (LPH-9) in 1973.jpg A Canadair CL-84 Dynavert on the U S Navy amphibious assult ship USS Guam LPH-9 the CL-84 was a V/STOL turbine tiltwing monoplane designed and manufactured by Canadair between 1964 and 1972 The shown first CL-84-1 CX8401 was lost on 8 August 1973 when a catastrophic failure occurred in the left propeller gearbox in a maximum power climb The U S Navy and U S Marine Corps pilots aboard ejected safely The entire propeller and supporting structure of the gearbox had broken away during the climb It was rumoured that the pilots had attempted to set an unauthorized climb record to 10 000 ft 3 000 m to take that distinction away from the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II that had held it U S Navy photo http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/lph9-72/032 htm from the http //www navysite de/cruisebooks/lph9-72/index_003 htm USS Guam LPH-9 1972-1973 cruise book available at http //navysite de/cruisebooks/index html Navysite de ca 1973-08 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Canadair CL-84 USS Guam LPH-9 | ||||
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