From page 11 of the same paper that reported the massacre.
Posted on 10/10/2018 5:35:25 PM PDT by NRx
His copilot was.
The fact that either of them survived is amazing. The fact that one died is pretty much what one would expect.
>In 1912 everyone’s attention was on the sinking of the Titanic.<
Hillsville happened before the Titanic sank. Titanic then wiped the massacre off the headlines.
One of my relatives was a young attorney on the case.
At that speed. At that altitude. Yep. Nothing short of a miracle ... for one of them at least.
I will have to learn more about the Hillsville Massacre.
I have been a Titanic buff since seeing the 1953 movie with Barbara Stanwyck.
Only learned about the Blair Mountain massacre a few years ago. A lesson learned late in life is that history did not begin with the year of one’s birth.
One should never stop learning. Keeps the mind alive.
If I remember correctly, the pilot that died was to the rear of the plane, and the pilot that survived was closer to the front. That may have played a integral part is to why one survived while the other did not.
WOW Hillsville, never know what turnoff down Memory Lane is down the road.
Back in the ‘70’s knew a few guys from Hillsville, one a good friend and the others just acquaintances. I met the father & brother of one acquaintance when they traveled to Northern Virginia for a visit. In suffix to his name, the father introduced himself as “ ... from Hillsville, where the Hillsville Massacre occurred”. I’d never heard of it but being more than familiar with the history of Franklin & Henry Counties Virginia, such introduction still took me back a step. Mountain folk are good people but I’d forgotten the real deal still existed...at least back in my time.
I made a few trips to Hillsville. Once off I-81, whatever the mileage to Hillsville, double any flat land drive time. Forty miles-per-hour will about top end your speed without getting sideways in the turns.
WOW Hillsville, never know what turnoff down Memory Lane is down the road.
Back in the ‘70’s knew a few guys from Hillsville, one a good friend and the others just acquaintances. I met the father & brother of one acquaintance when they traveled to Northern Virginia for a visit. In suffix to his name, the father introduced himself as “ ... from Hillsville, where the Hillsville Massacre occurred”. I’d never heard of it but being more than familiar with the history of Franklin & Henry Counties Virginia, such introduction still took me back a step. Mountain folk are good people but I’d forgotten the real deal still existed...at least back in my time.
I made a few trips to Hillsville. Once off I-81, whatever the mileage to Hillsville, double any flat land drive time. Forty miles-per-hour will about top end your speed without getting sideways in the turns.
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