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Cirrus VK-30
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The Cirrus VK-30 is a single-engine pusher-propeller homebuilt aircraft originally sold as a kit by Cirrus Design, and was the company's first model, introduced in 1987.
Cirrus VK-30 outside the Florida Air Museum in 2006
Cirrus VK-30 outside the Florida Air Museum in 2006
Cirrus-Israviation ST50 at the Paris Air Show in 1997
Cirrus-Israviation ST50 at the Paris Air Show in 1997
VK-30 on display at the Air Zoo in 2019
VK-30 on display at the Air Zoo in 2019
Robert F. Overmyer
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Robert Franklyn Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was selected by the Air Forc
Cirrus VK-30
…Between 1990 and 2020, seven US-registered VK-30s crashed, with a total of ten fatalities. On 22 March 1996, retired astronaut Robert F. Overmyer died at age 59 in the crash of an Allison turbine-powered VK-30. He was testing the aircraft for stall recovery characteristics at aft center of gravity…
Overmyer in his spacesuit in 1982
Overmyer in his spacesuit in 1982
Overmyer on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-5 mission
Overmyer on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-5 mission
Overmyer, second from left, with fellow crew members of STS-51-B
Overmyer, second from left, with fellow crew members of STS-51-B
Overmyer aiming a camera out of an overhead window of Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-51-B mission
Overmyer aiming a camera out of an overhead window of Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-51-B mission