At the time, it was one of the greatest air tragedies in American flight history. In 1955, 66 people were killed when their jet airliner crashed into a mountain side in Wyoming. Video shows that debris from that crash still remain.
While our eyes burn from the haze of a distant fire, and smoke rolls across Wyoming from our state and Montana, it is a good time to tip our hats to one of the most important innovations in Wyoming fire fighting— the aerial tanker.