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On April 22, 1947, a Douglas DC-3 of Delta Air Lines and a Vultee BT-13 Valiant of the Tuskegee Aviation Institute collided in mid-air above Muscogee County Airport (now Columbus Airport) in Georgia, United States, and crashed. All nine people on board both aircraft, including eight Delta executives, were killed in the accident.
April 22 – In the 1947 Columbus mid-air collision a Delta Air Lines Douglas DC-3 collided with a Tuskegee Aviation Institute Vultee BT-13 killing all nine people onboard both aircraft. May 29 – In the 1947 Héðinsfjörður air crash , a Flugfélag Islands Douglas DC-3 crashed into Hestfjall on the west side of Héðinsfjörður fjord ...
This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving mid-air collisions. [1] [2] [3] In aviation, a mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and the likelihood of subsequent impact with the ground or sea, very severe damage ...
In 1947, Eastern Air Lines Flight 854 crashed during its approach to Washington ... First responders search through cold Potomac River for survivors after mid-air collision. Show comments.
Former Our Gang actor Bobby Hutchins was killed in a mid-air collision while trying to land a North American AT-6D Texan, 42-86536, of the 3026th Base Unit when it hit a North American AT-6C Texan (42-49068, of the same unit) at Merced Army Air Field in Merced, California during a training exercise. The other pilot, Edward F. Hamel, survived.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1947 (22 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1947" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
On June 13, 1947, the aircraft serving the flight, a Douglas DC-4, crashed into Lookout Rock in the West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, [1] while en route to Washington. All 50 passengers and crew on board were killed [ 2 ] in what was at the time the second-worst airplane accident in the history of U.S. domestic air travel.
Before American Eagle Flight 5342 took to the air from Wichita, Kansas, Wednesday evening, on its way to the nation’s capital, figure skater Spencer Lane snapped a photo of the plane’s wing ...