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Wingfoot Air Express crash

1919 CE · United States, North America · Disaster

Wingfoot Air Express crash
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The Wingfoot Air Express was an early Goodyear blimp that caught fire and crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago on July 21, 1919. The Type FD airship, manufactured and owned by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, was transporting passengers from Grant Park to the White City amusement park.

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