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Fayetteville TN airshow disaster...
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April 28, 1930
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 28, 1930
* Fayetteville Tn Tennessee
* Air show stunt disaster
* Airplane circus
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "7 KILLED AS PLANE DIVES INTO CROWD"; "Pilot Arrested and Hidden as Tennesseans Threaten Him--Several of injured May Die"; "Other Crashes Fatal To 7" and more.
This tells of the air show disaster at Faytteville, Tennessee which was one of the very 1st air show disasters. Nice to have in this famous NYC title.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: April 27 - (Fayetteville, Tennessee) - At least nine air show spectators were killed and about twenty injured when pilot Milton P. Covert's plane lost altitude and crashed while approaching the landing area. The victims were standing on a railroad embankment as the plane approached at a low altitude. At the time there were claims that the pilot was deliberately trying to scare off the spectators from the embankment. The pilot and his two passengers on the plane escaped unhurt, but Covert was later arraigned on charges.
Category: The 20th Century
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