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On July 28, 1943, American Airlines Flight 63 was flown by a Douglas DC-3, named Flagship Ohio, routing Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati-Louisville-Nashville-Memphis, that crashed on the Louisville-Nashville sector about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) west of Trammel, Kentucky.
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July 6, 1954: American Airlines Flight 163, a Douglas DC-6, registration N90773, was at Hopkins Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, preparing for a flight to St. Louis when an unticketed 15-year-old forced his way onto the plane and into the cockpit with an empty pistol in an attempt to force the plane to fly to Mexico.
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John Glenn Columbus International Airport (IATA: CMH, ICAO: KCMH, FAA LID: CMH) is an international airport located 6 miles (9.7 km) east of downtown Columbus, Ohio.Formerly known as Port Columbus International Airport, it is managed by the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, which also oversees operations at Rickenbacker International Airport and Bolton Field.
The Flagship Missouri was a DC-3 built by the Douglas Aircraft Company for American Airlines. It had been in service for seven years, since 1936, and had logged a total of 17,774 hours of flight time at the time of the crash. [1] The three crewmembers were Captain Dale F. Dryer, pilot, First Officer W. J. Brand, and one stewardess. [2]
DC-3 "Flagship" American's chief aircraft type during the World War II period. American Airlines was started in 1930 as a union of more than eighty small airlines. [11] The two organizations from which American Airlines originated were Robertson Aircraft Corporation and Colonial Air Transport.
American Airlines nationwide ground stop on Christmas Eve is lifted. The Federal Aviation Administration briefly issued a nationwide ground stop for all American Airlines flights the morning of ...