Cleo Lands Plane in Canal-A twin engined DC-3, securely tied down at Opalacka airport, was airborn by the 125 mile an hour gusts of wind generated by hurricane Cleo, and deposited more then a mile away in a deep canal that fringed the field. Resting in the canal the cargo plane was wet, but undamaged, and will again fly, but with a pilot at it's controls.

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Title:
Cleo Lands Plane in Canal-A twin engined DC-3, securely tied down at Opalacka airport, was airborn by the 125 mile an hour gusts of wind generated by hurricane Cleo, and deposited more then a mile away in a deep canal that fringed the field. Resting in the canal the cargo plane was wet, but undamaged, and will again fly, but with a pilot at it's controls.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Hurricane: Cleo, Aug 1964: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. August 1964]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Hurricanes
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 207 x 255 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sb39b9823
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001511_0027
Barcode:
39999088103245