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Photo ID: 1015029
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Model: DC-2-120 |
Registration: NC13739 |
| Year: 1934 |
Serial Number: 1289 |
| Engine(s): Wright SR1820-F series, 710 to 875-HP |
Owner: Eastern Airlines |
| Location: Daytona Beach, FL |
Photographer: A negative from the collection of Ken Stoltzfus |
| Date: August 1937 |
Present Registration: None, destroyed |
Present Owner (FAA info): |
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| Notes: 6/16/04 - This is a previously unpublished photo of Eastern's Flight #7, a DC-2, NC13739, after it hit a power pole on takeoff. The aircraft flew the Daytona/Chicago route. Four of the nine on board died in the 4:40 a.m., August 10, 1937 accident near Daytona Beach, FL. The aircraft was a DC-2-112, C/N 1289. The people who put the pole up had not given proper notice to authorities. |
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