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unusual facts about Convair 440



Eastern Sierra Regional Airport

On March 13, 1974 a David L. Wolper Productions crew filming a National Geographic history of Australopithecus at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was killed when the Convair 440 Sierra Pacific Airlines plane crashed shortly after take off from the airport killing all 35 on board including 31 Wolper crew members (but not Wolper himself).


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Key Airlines

Idaho State University chartered two Convair 440 aircraft from Key to carry its football team from Pocatello to its night game with the University of Idaho in Moscow.