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Council Bluffs From 9 Miles Up
This is how Council Bluffs and part of Omaha look from nine miles up. This photo was take by Mark Hurd Aaerial [sic] Surveys, Inc., of Minneapolis, Minn, which has perfected a method of utilizing a distortion-free camera in a Lear jet plane to take…
Airplane Leaked Oil Before Crash
Still Spraying The Blaze . . . that was out of control for over two hours after impact late Wednesday afternoon, firefighters inspect the control center of a Mexican DC-6 airliner, which crashed just north of Eppley Airfield. All seven crew members,…
Eppley Crash Kills 4 S.W. Iowans
Wreckage . . of the plane which carried five persons to their deaths late Sunday night at Omaha's Eppley Airfield lies covered with snow just south of several relay stations. The plane apparently struck a Missouri River dike while on approach to the…
Eppley Airfield Casting Darker Shadow On C.B.
Danger Lurks . . . in the air over Council Bluffs in the form of both large and small aircraft landing at nearby Eppley Airfield, say some city officials. They are concerned with the possibility of a mid-air collision over the city, similar to the…