Curtis Mathes Corporation
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Curtis Mathes, Inc., is a North American electronics retailer initially based in Garland, Texas, and specializing in the sale of private label brand electronics and repair services. It manufactured it
Norman & Vi Petty Rock & Roll Museum, Clovis, NM
Norman & Vi Petty Rock & Roll Museum, Clovis, NM
Air Canada Flight 797
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Air Canada Flight 797 was an international passenger flight operating from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Montréal–Dorval International Airport, with an intermediate stop at Toronto Intern
Curtis Mathes Corporation
…Curtis Mathes, Jr., became the chairman of the board and the company's public face, appearing in its television commercials until his 1983 death in the Air Canada Flight 797 fire at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The company began to decline, going from a peak of 5,000 employees and seven manufacturing…
Fire damage to the aircraft
C-FTLU, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1968 with a previous livery
Fire damage in the aircraft lavatory, the point of origin of the fire.
Fire damage in the front section of the aircraft.