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USA - USAF/Army
Boeing XC-97
 Cleveland Municipal Airport (CLE/KCLE)
USA - Ohio, September 5, 1946		 Kenneth Koehn
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43-27472 (cn 8483) Photographed during the 1946 Cleveland Air races, one of the first pre-production XC-97 aircraft sits on the NACA ramp at Cleveland Municipal Airport. Sadly, on 5/22/47, this aircraft crashed 5 miles east of Dayton, OH. Photograph courtesy of Glenn Research Center.


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Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. March 25, 2013 at 03:45AM Rating: 10
Wow. It's amazing the history here at CLE with much of it due to NACA/NASA. Thanks for these shots!