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"The Hell Stretch"
From a 16"x20" Watercolor
They wondered when it would happen. The citizens of
quiet Millersburg, Pennsylvania, were concerned about the daring
airmail pilots who, when forced to by bad weather and fog, flew up
the Susquehanna at high speed and low altitude using the river as a
guide. Concern grew with the new telephone wires strung across the
river just south of town. On Monday afternoon, September 27, 1920,
Frederick Robinson left Hazelhurst field in Long Island five hours
behind schedule due to extreme fog conditions. His plane had been
loaded with 14 bags of mail. Finding the river just above
Harrisburg, Robinson turned north en route to Bellefonte field.
Flying ever lower because of the poor visibility, his landing gear
struck the wires and, acting like bungee cords, the cables hurled
his plane tail first down into the shallow water killing him
instantly. Frederick A. Robinson was 22 years old.
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