Resident recalls plane crash that killed his parents

Salinas Californian ^ | September 1, 2014 | Dave Nordstrand

[artichokegrower]

One morning when Salinas' Billy Harvey was a boy of 5 and still asleep, his parents arose.

Quietly as they could, they tiptoed to the front door and left the house.

"I never saw them again," Harvey said.

Billy Harvey's parents had put him and his two brothers in the care of an aunt. Then, they'd flown off to Lake Tahoe on what was supposed to be a fun-flight getaway, a day-long casino excursion. They planned to return home that night.

Only they, and many others, died in an airplane crash.

[artichokegrower]

Interesting but sad local story. I think that the Constellation was the best looking aircraft ever made.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Its a moving story. This is what a “human interest” story should be — just report without any spin or trying to create some greater meaning.

I was interested to see how he did not want to go to the site and then one day, 50 years later, he decided he had to go. Its funny how we deal with loss. How we can chew on some big, tragic event for years before we deal with it. I’ve had one or two things in my life (nothing as tragic as this story) that it took me years to finally face. Its like the story says. You don’t deal with it, until one day you do.

[PghBaldy]

It is very moving to me too.

[Moonman62]

I think that the Constellation was the best looking aircraft ever made.

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I think looking at it face-on, the cockpit area and fuselage cross section look a lot like the Concorde.

http://www.sunshineskies.com/life4.html

[artichokegrower]

Aviation Safety Net report on crash:

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19640301-1

[AlaskaErik]

That picture shows a man in 70’s.