ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140525
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| Date: | Saturday 24 May 1930 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Lockheed 7 Explorer |
| Owner/operator: | Lockheed Aircraft Co |
| Registration: | NC100W |
| MSN: | 147 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Muroc, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | KEDW |
| KEDW | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lockheed two-place monoplane crashed on take off from Rogers Dry Lake, near Muroc. Lockheed testpilot H.W. "Slim" Catlin died. Flight of the fully loaded aircraft was practice for a purposed journey from Tacoma, Washington to Tokyo, Japan.
Sources:
"X-Plane Crashes"
San Bernardino Sun 25 May 1930
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/Historic%20N.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2011 16:21 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 06-Oct-2016 19:00 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 02-Dec-2020 20:52 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2021 16:33 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
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