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Bessie Coleman Takes Her Last Flight on This Day 100 Years Ago
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Bessie Coleman Takes Her Last Flight on This Day 100 Years Ago
On this day, in 1926, pioneer aviator Bessie Coleman took her last flight. Aged 34, Coleman died the morning of April 30 in a test flight at the Paxon Field in Jacksonville. After raising enough funds to fully purchase a Curtiss JN-4, also known as the “Jenny,” the aviator began preparing for a show in the city. Fellow pilot William Wills flew in the plane from its base in Texas, but arrived late due to numerous unscheduled stops as a result of…
AFP PHOTO / Denis Sinyakov. On the night of 3 May 2006, an A320 airliner crashed to Sochi on a regular flight from Erevan. The aircraft crashed into the water at a high speed when the crew attempted to leave the round because of poor conditions of landing. 113 people (105 passengers and 8 crew members) were killed, most of them Armenian and Russian citizens. In the history of Armenian aviation, this was the largest air crash. Prior to this, the …
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