In Memory

Kristin Anderson

Kristin Anderson

 Kristin Anderson died when Allegheny Airlines flight 853, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, collided in mid-air with a Piper PA-28 at approximately 3,550 feet on September 9, 1969, near Fairland, Indiana. The DC-9 carried 78 passengers and 4 crew members. The Piper was leased to a student pilot making a solo cross-country flight. The occupants of both aircraft were killed in the accident and the aircraft were destroyed by the collision and ground impact.



 
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10/05/10 04:26 PM #1    

Sarah Langston (Cowan)

 Kris, who graduated from UNCG in 1965, was a highly respected interior designer with Miller Office Furniture in Charlotte, NC.  She was on her way to visit a much beloved grandmother when the plane she was on (which was approaching the Cincinnati Airport) collided with a small plane that was just taking off.  Keeping in mind that Kris was a very successful professional long before female professionals were commonplace, she tried, over a year before she died, to purchase a Ford Thunderbird.  The hotshot salesman would not "give her the time of day."  Fuming, she returned the next day for an appointment with the sales manager.  The rude salesman was called into the manager's office and watched as Kris wrote a check for the entire amount and drove the brand new Ford Thunderbird off the lot!  


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