1960 Aircraft Accident Investigation Reports on 16 plane crashes and disasters, incl. Flight 2511 bombing

A frequently gruesome collection of disasters in the golden age of air travel. Binder of 16 official CAB reports on aircraft accidents, most of them occurring in 1959 and involving fatalities. Roughly 4-12 pages each, several with photographs and maps. Reports generally contain a synopsis, timeline of events, survey of wreckage, weather conditions, review of structures and systems, details about the flight crews and pilots’ experience, and “human factors.” Most high-profile is the investigation of National Airlines Flight 2511, which exploded en route from NYC to Miami on January 6, 1960. The report concludes, "The probable cause of this accident was the detonation of dynamite within the passenger cabin," and outlines a wealth of evidence that New York lawyer Julian A. Frank was responsible. Frank was under investigation for fraud, deeply in debt, and had taken out a steep life insurance policy before the flight. His body was found 16 miles from the other 33 people killed in the explos