What the records say
- When
- 21 Jul 1919
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 41.88° N, 87.63° W
- Description
- crash of a Goodyear FD dirigible into a building in Chicago
- Deaths
- 13
- Injured
- 27
- Participants
- 42
Wingfoot Air Express crash
1919 in-flight fire and crash of a blimp in Chicago
The Wingfoot Air Express was an early Goodyear Blimp that caught fire and crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago on July 21, 1919. The Type FD airship, manufactured and owned by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, was transporting passengers from Grant Park to the White City amusement park.
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