Stratford, Connecticut – November 29, 1970

     On November 29, 1970, a 39-year-old man from Trumbull, Connecticut, perished when his home-built airplane crashed and sank in the Housatonic River in Stratford.  The man had built the aircraft himself, and this was only his second flight with it. 

     Source:

     The Bridgeport Post, “Search Continues For Trumbull Pilot, Homemade Plane Dove Into River”, November 30, 1970. (Article submitted by Eric Wiberg, author and historian.)