Flightmedic Posted February 21, 2014 Share #1 Posted February 21, 2014 Can anyone ID this aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm Posted February 21, 2014 Share #2 Posted February 21, 2014 Looks a lot like the Fairey Albacore, maybe with some modifications. If that helps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Albacore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram957 Posted February 21, 2014 Share #3 Posted February 21, 2014 On 28 May 1921, in one of the first major crashes in aviation history, Army Air Service Curtiss Eagle Ser. No. 64243, the air ambulance, of the 1st Provisional Air Brigade,[1] crashed during a severe thunderstorm attempting to land at Morgantown, Maryland while returning to Bolling Field, District of Columbia, from Langley Field, Virginia. The pilot, 1st Lt. Stanley M. Ames, and six passengers were killed. Four of the six were Air Service officers and an enlisted man.[2] Two United States congressmen had chosen not to make the flight because of airsickness on the flight from Washington to Langley. The Army's Inspector General conducted an investigation of the crash and theorized that the aircraft stalled when it encountered an updraft at low altitude while trying to clear trees near the unfamiliar field and fell vertically, nose first, into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted February 22, 2014 Share #4 Posted February 22, 2014 A really great site I found for aircraft ID is this one, Virtual Aircraft Museum , also this one 1000 aircraft photos , check em out your bird is on the first site if I recall correctly . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted February 22, 2014 Share #5 Posted February 22, 2014 Curtis Eagle, as stated previously by Ram957. The crash of this aircraft set back the cause of air evacuation by 5-10 years.... A true disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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