On 12/31/64 the T-34A Mentor N5506V owned by the Edwards AFB Flying Club was rented by two Air Force enlisted men. They were on a flight from Edwards AFB to San Diego, Califorina. The aircraft went down about five miles west of the town of Wrightwood when the non instrument rated pilot flew into a severe winter snow storm. Even though the crash site was only a quarter mile from the Angeles Crest Highway and close to a hiking trail, the T-34 went undiscovered till 7/31/65 when a hiker stumbled upon it in a heavily wooded area.

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On 12/31/64 the T-34A Mentor N5506V owned by the Edwards AFB Flying Club was rented by two Air Force enlisted men. They were on a flight from Edwards AFB to San Diego, Califorina. The aircraft went down about five miles west of the town of Wrightwood when the non instrument rated pilot flew into a severe winter snow storm. Even though the crash site was only a quarter mile from the Angeles Crest Highway and close to a hiking trail, the T-34 went undiscovered till 7/31/65 when a hiker stumbled upon it in a heavily wooded area.

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