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101st Airborne - Arrow Air Memorial, Gander

ghYHZ From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 199 posts, RR: 0
Posted (1 year 8 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2797 times:

I was in Gander, Newfoundland a couple of weeks ago for the 9-11 memorial services and stopped by another memorial site just of the end of 21-03 where an Arrow Air DC8-63 carrying troops home to Fort Campbell, Kentucky went down on December 12, 1985.

And a few shots at YQX that evening:

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ghYHZ From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 199 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (1 year 8 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2777 times:

Quoting ghYHZ (Thread starter):
I was in Gander, Newfoundland a couple of weeks ago for the 9-11 memorial services

Gander looks quite in the above photo but it certainly came alive on 9-11 when 39 wide bodies arrived with nearly 7,000 passengers who had to be housed and fed over the next two or three days……nearly doubling the towns population.

http://www.ganderairport.com/911.htm

STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16252 posts, RR: 52
Reply 2, posted (1 year 8 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2756 times:

Beautiful memorial, thanks for posting the photos from your visit.

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L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62
Reply 3, posted (1 year 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2556 times:

Do you have a more direct shot of the information panel describing the crash. The angle you have because you where's kiting the names makes the information sign hard to read

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KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11706 posts, RR: 52
Reply 4, posted (1 year 7 months 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 2485 times:

YQX has always played an important role in TATL military and pax service. Additionally YYR also serves the military aircraft in training and trans polar route diversions. Even today with airplanes that have the range to fly TATL non-stop YQX and YYR still very important diversion airports. On 9/11 YQX went above and beyond its role as just a diversion airport and served those stranded passengers and aircrews well above anyone's expectations. But, they have a great history of that. Their response to the 101AB/Arrow disaster was also second to none.

Well done, YQX!!!!

Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10448 posts, RR: 20
Reply 5, posted (1 year 7 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 2451 times:

Quoting L-188 (Reply 3):
Do you have a more direct shot of the information panel describing the crash. The angle you have because you where's kiting the names makes the information sign hard to read

Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_Air_Flight_1285 for more info.

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