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Fatal Crossing The Mysterious Disappearance of NWA Flight 2501 and the Quest for Answers

V. O. van Heest

As a furious squall swept down Lake Michigan on June 23, 1950, a DC-4 with 58 souls on board flew from New York toward Minnesota. Minutes after midnight Captain Robert Lind requested a lower altitude as he began crossing the lake, but Air Traffic Control could not comply. That was the last communica...

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It focused on the British R101 airship, detailing its design, construction and ultimately, its tragic crash in France, highlighting a critical moment in airship history.

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The rise and dramatic fall of Britain's last great airship is the primary subject of Bill Hammack's new book called Fatal Flight.

— Episode: Airships and the Future that Never Was

Episode: Airships and the Future that Never Was

It focused on the British R101 airship, detailing its design, construction and ultimately, its tragic crash in France, highlighting a critical moment in airship history.

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The rise and dramatic fall of Britain's last great airship is the primary subject of Bill Hammack's new book called Fatal Flight.

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