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Wingfoot Air Express crash
1919 in-flight fire and crash of a blimp in Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Wingfoot Air Express was a non-rigid airship (i.e. blimp) that crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago on July 21, 1919. The Type FD dirigible, owned by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, was transporting people from Grant Park to the White City amusement park.[1] One crew member, two passengers and ten bank employees were killed in what was, up to that point, the worst dirigible disaster in United States history.