Historic Aircraft Wrecks of San Diego County

By G. Pat Macha

Clear weather and a natural harbor made San Diego an early aviation hub, but success in flight came with devastating tragedies. The remains of more than four hundred aircrafts lie scattered across the county's deserts and mountains. Experts estimate that dozens more are on the ocean floor off the coast. In 1922, army pilot Charles F. Webber's DeHavilland biplane went missing over Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. In 1978, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 178 collided midair over San Diego and crashed in the residential North Park neighborhood, claiming the lives of 144 people in what was the worst airline disaster of the era. Author and aircraft accident research specialist G. Pat Macha recounts these and other stories of astonishing survival, heroism and heartbreaking fatality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Aug 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781625857293

G. Pat Macha

G. Pat Macha has authored five books on aircraft accidents in California, and is a well-received speaker on aviation safety and accident histories. A history teacher for thirty-five years, Pat has been documenting crash sites throughout California in remote locations for fifty-one years, and he has hiked to or flown over more than 150 crash sites in Los Angeles County. Since 1996, along with the Project Remembrance Team, he has assisted next of kin in visiting crash sites.

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