PILOT STORIES:
Moore, James F. "Dinty"
| Air
Mail Service Began: |
September 30, 1920 |
| Air
Mail Service Ended: |
December 24, 1923 |
| Assignments: |
College Park, Maryland |
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Oct 16, 1920 – Cheyenne,
Wyoming |
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April 1, 1923 – North
Platte, Neb |
"Dinty" Moore was killed flying
the mail on Christmas Eve, 1923. He encountered a stiff headwind
at 1,000 feet on his North Platte, Nebraska to Cheyenne, Wyoming
run. He dropped to 100 feet where the air was calmer. A Union
Pacific crew watched as his airplane neared some low bluffs at
the end of the valley. Instead of rising, the airplane sank and
plowed into the slope. The propeller cut a ridge in the earth
as the de Havilland careened across the ground before collapsing
100 feet away from the crash spot.
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