Tragedy
Had a friend who was at the time a fairly senior Capt. at Western Airlines. His son had just graduated from flight training in the USAF. They were both onboard a Derringer flying at about 6,000' between Palos Verdes and Catalina Island when the radar return showed almost zero forward travel and obviously a rapid descent to the ocean. Appearded to be structural failure but I am not aware of any final detemination. Never found the bodies. This probably occured in the mid to late 70's.
Had a friend who was at the time a fairly senior Capt. at Western Airlines. His son had just graduated from flight training in the USAF. They were both onboard a Derringer flying at about 6,000' between Palos Verdes and Catalina Island when the radar return showed almost zero forward travel and obviously a rapid descent to the ocean. Appearded to be structural failure but I am not aware of any final detemination. Never found the bodies. This probably occured in the mid to late 70's.