My mischievous, red-headed sister and I were sitting on the fence at the Greenville, South Carolina downtown airport in the summer of 1954. In the background is an Eastern Airlines flight preparing for departure. Ironically, the aircraft appears to be a Convair CV-240, the identical plane that would ultimately fly the band Lynard Skynard out of this same location for their final flight in 1977. They ran out of fuel and crashed into a Mississippi swamp.
My mischievous, red-headed sister and I were sitting on the fence at the Greenville, South Carolina downtown airport in the summer of 1954. In the background is an Eastern Airlines flight preparing for departure. Ironically, the aircraft appears to be a Convair CV-240, the identical plane that would ultimately fly the band Lynard Skynard out of this same location for their final flight in 1977. They ran out of fuel and crashed into a Mississippi swamp. | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos