City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 March 1930
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The crash of this F.10 airframe in Kansas one year later accelerated Anthony Fokker's downfall in the USA as one of the eight victims was celebrity football coach Knute Rockne. The Fokker's wooden wing presumably failed due to moisture damage. Western Air Express had by then become part of TWA. Probably as a result of the merger, the brand new airport built by WAE here at Alhambra, near LA, was abandoned. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
Registration / Serial:NC999E
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10a
C/n (msn):1063
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 March 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 March 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:300687Submit Correction
View count: 2227
The crash of this F.10 airframe in Kansas one year later accelerated Anthony Fokker's downfall in the USA as one of the eight victims was celebrity football coach Knute Rockne. The Fokker's wooden wing presumably failed due to moisture damage. Western Air Express had by then become part of TWA. Probably as a result of the merger, the brand new airport built by WAE here at Alhambra, near LA, was abandoned. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
Registration / Serial:NC999E
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10a
C/n (msn):1063
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 March 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive