ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59971
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 September 1927 |
| Time: | c. 4:05 |
| Type: | Fokker F.VIIa |
| Owner/operator: | William Randolph Hearst |
| Registration: | NX703 |
| MSN: | 4899/0501 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Atlantic, off Newfoundland -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Old Orchard Beach, Maine |
| Rome, Italy | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The flight of the single-engined Fokker F.VIIa (modified) was sponsored by the US newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
The plane, dubbed Old Glory, was piloted by two ex-U.S. Airmail Service pilots, Lloyd Wilson Bertaud (42) and James DeWitt Hill. It carried a passenger, Philip Payne, editor of one of Hearst's New York newspapers.
They took off from the hard-packed sand of Maine's Old Orchard Beach at 12:23 p.m. on the 6th of September, 1927.
At 4:03 a.m. on the 7th an SOS distress call was heard and ships in the area diverted from their courses and headed to the estimated position of the ditching.
On the 12th, the steamship SS Kyle located the wreckage of the Old Glory about 600[700{?} miles from Newfoundland. {also reported 100 miles northeast of last estimated position}
A 34-feet-long section of the wing, some fuel tanks, and some pieces of the fuselage were about all that was left floating on the surface of the sea. There was no sign of the three persons on board.
Sources:
1. World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/4010634593/in/photostream/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Glory_(aircraft)
4. http://www.historynet.com/old-glorys-final-ill-fated-flight-new-york-to-rome-in-1927.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2009 02:25 | angels one five | Added |
| 22-Jan-2010 13:12 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2010 13:26 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2011 10:54 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 00:45 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2012 08:01 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 02:48 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2017 20:43 | Nieman | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Dec-2017 09:34 | nieman | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2019 04:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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