Aircraft Collector Identified As Injured Pilot

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Historic Flight Foundation founder John Sessions has been confirmed as the pilot of a 1930s airliner that crashed while taking part in a Canadian airshow last weekend. Sessions had recently acquired the deHavilland Dragon Rapide for his extensive collection. The organization was offering rides in the rare aircraft but it’s still not clear if those on board were paying passengers or associated with the magazine.

Sessions was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition and underwent surgery. He remains in the hospital. Three passengers were treated and released and another spent time in the hospital but has since been released. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board and Transport Canada are investigating the crash, which occurred on takeoff. It was the third crash of a passenger-carrying vintage airliner in a month. The crash of a Swiss Ju-52 in July killed 20 passengers and crew and the Commemorative Air Force C-47 Bluebonnet Belle crashed on takeoff near Austin, Texas, in late July but all 13 aboard escaped.

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