THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Nov. 26, 1929 

* Lieutenant George T. Cuddihy killed
* Nacostia Naval Air Station in Washington, D.C.
* United States Navy test pilot airplane crash 

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "NAVY FLIER HURLED TO HIS DEATH FROM TWO MILES IN SKY" with subheads. (see images) 
Complete with all 32 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.

Background: The November 26, 1929 edition of The Springfield Union is a rare and highly significant historical artifact that captures the tragic final chapter of Lieutenant George T. Cuddihy, one of the United States Navy's most elite and celebrated test pilots. Complete 32-page issues from this exact period are exceptionally rare today due to the fragile, acidic nature of vintage newsprint, which makes finding intact copies that survived the decades without crumbling incredibly difficult. The striking front-page headline details Cuddihy's fatal plunge over the Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington, D.C., where he lost control of a British Bristol Bulldog fighter plane during a high-altitude test dive from 10,000 feet. The immense significance of this event lies in Cuddihy's status as a premier military aviator and a famed speed-record racer who helped shape early American aviation doctrine; his tragic death sent shockwaves through the military community and ultimately earned him a posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross. Occurring just weeks after the Black Tuesday stock market crash, this uncompromised publication serves as a vital historical time capsule, offering rare, unfiltered insight into the cultural anxieties, local advertising, and changing social fabric of a New England community standing at the absolute precipice of the Great Depression.