OTD 22.5 May 22nd Traditional Cache

OTD - 22:5 

Perhaps you want a smiley for every day of the year or maybe a birthday smiley. For whatever reason these 12 mini monthly power trails are here to be found. Most are easily located, with an occasional sneaky one in the mix, sat lock can be difficult in some areas.

Here are some facts for this day. You are welcome to log your interesting, quirky or fun fact/s with your log.

On This Day - May 22nd 1957

A hydrogen bomb accidentally drops from a bomber over New Mexico, USA. 

In 1985, a journalist in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, was on assignment to investigate New Mexico's nuclear weapons research facilities. His assignment began with a simple question: Had the facilities in New Mexico ever had a nuclear accident? His investigations revealed a cover-up of nearly thirty years.

On 22 May 1957, a B-36 Air Force plane was carrying a 19,050kg hydrogen bomb from Biggs Air Force Base, Texas, to Kirtland Air Force Base, at Albuquerque, New Mexico. According to standard procedure, as the aircraft approached Kirtland, the pilot released the bomb's locking pin. However, the aircraft then hit turbulence, causing the bomb to drop through the closed bomb bay doors. The bomb, which was 625 times greater than the atomic bomb that was used on Hiroshima, was unarmed at the time, but still managed to gouge a crater 4 metres deep and 8 metres across, also killing a cow that was grazing nearby.