On June 30, 1956, a Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation operating as TWA Flight 2, was struck by a Douglas DC-7 Mainliner operating as United Air Lines Flight 718 over Grand Canyon National Park, Ari
The location of the two crash sites in the Grand Canyon
N6902C, the Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation involved in the collision
A United Air Lines Douglas DC-7 Mainliner, similar to the one involved in the collision
1956 Grand Canyon mid air collision NRHP plaque
Douglas DC-7
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The Douglas DC-7 is a retired American airliner built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958. A derivative of the DC-6, it was the last major piston engine-powered passenger aircraft made b
1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
…On June 30, 1956, a Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation operating as TWA Flight 2, was struck by a Douglas DC-7 Mainliner operating as United Air Lines Flight 718 over Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The Constellation fell into the canyon, while the DC-7 slammed into…
SAS Douglas DC-7C Guttorm Viking in flight in 1957
BOAC DC-7C G-AOIC taking off from Manchester UK in April 1958 for a non-stop flight to New York (Idlewild) (later JFK)
Swissair DC-7C in 1961
DC-7CF freighter of BOAC in 1961 converted with forward and rear freight doors