Douglas Aircraft’s DC-3/C-47 series of airliners and transport planes created a worldwide legend. with its range – up to 1,500 miles – speed, safety and profitability for airlines.
But none of that mattered to the passengers and crew of Southeast Airlines Flight 308 on the night of January 8, 1959, when their DC-3 crashed into Holston Mountain.
Matt Hixson, director of Hawkins County Schools, also urged parents and the community become education about the methodology for Tennessee letter grades for public schools in the state given out Thursday, Dec. 21.