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  2. 1955 MacArthur Airport United Air Lines crash - Wikipedia

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    On April 4, 1955, a United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 named Mainliner Idaho crashed shortly after taking off from Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, Islip, New York, United States. The flight was operated for the purpose of maintaining the currency of the instrument rating of two of the airline's pilots. Shortly after takeoff and only ...

  3. Mainline (air travel) - Wikipedia

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    A mainline flight by an American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER lands at London Heathrow Airport, England. Unlike many other airlines, JetBlue's mainline equipment includes the Embraer E190.

  4. 1960 New York mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    The tail assembly of N8013U, the Douglas DC-8 involved in the collision.. United Airlines Flight 826, Mainliner Will Rogers, registered as N8013U, [6] was a DC-8-11 carrying 77 passengers and 7 crew members from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Idlewild Airport in Queens.

  5. Ford Mainline - Wikipedia

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    The Ford Mainline is an automobile which was produced by Ford in the United States in the models years 1952 to 1956. [1] It was introduced as the base trim level of the 1952 Ford range below the Customline and Crestline models. [2]

  6. United Air Lines Flight 629 - Wikipedia

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    United Air Lines Flight 629, registration N37559 and dubbed Mainliner Denver, was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft that was blown up on November 1, 1955, by a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The explosion occurred over Weld County , Colorado , 8 miles east of Longmont , Colorado , United States, at 7:03 p.m. local time , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] while ...

  7. 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    The aft fuselage fragment of United Flight 718, with text reading "[D]C-7 Mainliner", on Chuar Butte. The airlines hired the Swiss Air-Rescue [14] and some Swiss mountain climbers to go to the scene where the aircraft fuselages had crashed. They were to gather the remains of the passengers and their personal effects.

  8. United Airlines fleet - Wikipedia

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    A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 in the most recent livery landing at Beijing Capital International Airport in April 2020.. As of February 2025, the United Airlines fleet consists of 1,002 mainline aircraft, the largest of any commercial airline worldwide. [1]

  9. Douglas DC-6 - Wikipedia

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    The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, Douglas reworked it after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range commercial transport market.