Postcards - Memorabilia
Lockheed L-188A Electra
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Midflight (United States)
USA, - -, 1958 |
Chuck Slusarczyk Jr.
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| Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes |
| N6101A (cn 1015) Text on the back reads: The Jet-Powered Electra Flagships are the newest fastest and most spacious Jet-Prop Airliners. This postcard features American Airlines Lockheed Electra N3101A in flight over what may be the California coast. Delivered in 1958, this aircraft would crash on approach to La Guardia airport in New York in February 1959 with the loss of 65 of the 73 occupants. Accident synopsis here: http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590203-1 |
