Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker

Star Air Service

The single engine aircraft was performing a taxi flight from Anchorage to a fishing camp located near Russian River, in the Kenai peninsula. En route, the aircraft christened 'Aquila' hit a mountain located near the Skilak Lake. All six occupants were killed. Crew: Steve Mills, pilot, founder and owner of Star Air Service. Passengers: Mr. & Mrs George Markle, Mr. & Mrs Lawrence David, Mr. Augustus Teik.

Aerial Explorations

The airplane was engaged in a topographic/cartography mission, carrying one passenger and one pilot. While cruising at an altitude of 3,000 feet, the airplane collided with a Connecticut National Guard Douglas O-38. Registered 31-352, the aircraft was completing an observation flight with one pilot on board. Following the collision, both airplanes entered a dive and crashed in Rutland. Both occupants on board the Bellanca were killed while the pilot of the O-38 was able to bail out.

Compañia Aeronautica Francisco Sarabia SA - CAFSSA

The airplane was completing a taxi flight with seven passengers and one pilot. On approach, the pilot elected to avoid cows walking across the runway when he lost control of the airplane that crashed on the ground. A child was injured and seven other occupants were killed, among them the pilot Howard Fisher Maish.

Steponas Darius

Both Lithuanian Aviators Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas were performing a non stop transatlantic flight from New York (Floyd Bennett Field) to Kaunas, Lithuania. After crossing the Atlantic and Germany, the aircraft named 'Lituanica' arrived over Pomerania and encountered poor weather conditions. It went out of control and crashed in Soldin, Germany (this city was renamed Myslibórz and became Polish after WWII). Both crew were killed. The planned route had to cover a total of 7,186 km. When the aircraft went down, Darius and Girenas were only 630 km from the destination.

Stanley Hausner

The American and Polish Aviator Stanley Hausner (Stanislas Hausner) was attempting the first solo and nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Warsaw, Poland. With 525 gallons of fuel and 25 gallons of oil on board, the aircraft departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York at 0946LT on June 3. A day later, while cruising over the North Atlantic Ocean, the pilot encountered technical problems with the fuel system. As the fuel was leaking, he was unable to continue the flight and decided to ditch the aircraft some 1,000 km west of the European coast. As he was not equipped with a radio, he could not send any distress call. A week later, on June 11, the crew of the Belgian ship named 'Circle Shell' spotted the aircraft floating with the pilot still alive and awaiting on a wing. The pilot was rescued and later repatriated to Europe while the aircraft sank and was lost.

Trans American Airlines

The crew departed Detroit to find a new route to Europe. After stops in Greenland and Iceland, he continued over the North Atlantic ocean to the Shetland Islands. On the leg from Lerwick to Copenhagen, the crew reported his position off Stavanger, Norway, when contact was lost. As the airplane failed to arrive in Copenhagen, SAR operations were initiated. Poor weather conditions hampered these operations that were eventually suspended as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. Some pilot's papers were found by the crew of a Dutch vessel in the North Atlantic ocean on 19 March 1932. Crew: Parker Dresser Cramer, pilot, Oliver Pacquette, radio operator.