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On December 8, 1963, Pan Am Flight 214 crashed near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 crew and passengers. Flight 214 had originated at Isla Verde International Airport in San Juan, flying to Friendship Airport near Baltimore, and then took off for Philadelphia. The crash was Pan Am's first fatal accident with the Boeing 707-121, which it had introduced to its fleet five years earlier. An investigation by the Civil Aeronautics Board concluded that the probable cause of the crash was a lightning strike that had ignited fuel vapors in one of the aircraft's fuel tanks, causing an explosion that destroyed the left wing. The exact manner of ignition was never determined, but the investigation increased awareness of how lightning can damage aircraft, leading to new regulations. The crash also led to research into the safety of several types of aviation fuel and into ways of changing the design of aircraft fuel systems to make them safer in the event of lightning strikes. ( Full article...)
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well i just registered on here .... not sure if this is going to help me but here i go...... I went to an estate sale and was GIVEN this painting. It is an original and has Folton on it...I understand that he painted as well but I am not sure if this is a "real" Fulton. I have looked up a couple of thing w/ his signature and both look diffrent from eachother and on this painting it is in Print not cursive. if anyone has any information to help me find out if i have the real thing please email me at lilmisstx123@yahoo.com i can send you pix of this painting if it may help you to help me find out about the history of this mistirious painting i have.
Thank you, Melissa
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This is the talk page for making suggestions or discussing improvements to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 17.
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On December 8, 1963, Pan Am Flight 214 crashed near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 crew and passengers. Flight 214 had originated at Isla Verde International Airport in San Juan, flying to Friendship Airport near Baltimore, and then took off for Philadelphia. The crash was Pan Am's first fatal accident with the Boeing 707-121, which it had introduced to its fleet five years earlier. An investigation by the Civil Aeronautics Board concluded that the probable cause of the crash was a lightning strike that had ignited fuel vapors in one of the aircraft's fuel tanks, causing an explosion that destroyed the left wing. The exact manner of ignition was never determined, but the investigation increased awareness of how lightning can damage aircraft, leading to new regulations. The crash also led to research into the safety of several types of aviation fuel and into ways of changing the design of aircraft fuel systems to make them safer in the event of lightning strikes. ( Full article...)
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well i just registered on here .... not sure if this is going to help me but here i go...... I went to an estate sale and was GIVEN this painting. It is an original and has Folton on it...I understand that he painted as well but I am not sure if this is a "real" Fulton. I have looked up a couple of thing w/ his signature and both look diffrent from eachother and on this painting it is in Print not cursive. if anyone has any information to help me find out if i have the real thing please email me at lilmisstx123@yahoo.com i can send you pix of this painting if it may help you to help me find out about the history of this mistirious painting i have.
Thank you, Melissa
— howcheng { chat} 06:12, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 06:37, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 08:27, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 19:28, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 05:10, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 04:47, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 16:45, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 16:08, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 03:31, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:27, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 16:20, 22 August 2022 (UTC)