Wanda Willis, daughter of the Shenandoah Valley man who once penned a tribute song about the crash of Piedmont’s Flight 349, has made a Facebook page dedicated to the victims of that fateful flight. The song’s lyric is printed inside Phil’s book.
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Daughter of musician makes Flight 349 facebook page
Wanda Willis, daughter of the Shenandoah Valley man who once penned a tribute song about the crash of Piedmont’s Flight 349, has made a Facebook page dedicated to the victims of that fateful flight. The song’s lyric is printed inside Phil’s book.
Bradley visit thrills Lynchburg
Donald Stokes, one of the organizers of the special commemoration in Lynchburg (as the one in Charlottesville was canceled) for sole survivor Phil Bradley, penned the following account of the May 4 festivities at Liberty University:
The weather in Lynchburg and Charlottesville was
Bradley event in Charlottesville canceled due to DC-3 brake glitch
Problems with the brakes on the vintage DC-3 that was to have flown 1959 plane crash survivor Phil Bradley have grounded the 83-year-old retired union organizer and led to the cancellation of his scheduled appearance in Charlottesville May 5. A speaking engagement set for Tuesday evening, May 4, will go on as planned.
Bradley to fly in to Lynchburg, Charlottesville in restored DC-3
Phil Bradley, the sole survivor of the 1959 crash of the Piedmont DC-3 that claimed 26 lives, has been invited to serve as the featured guest of a fly-in that will take him to Lynchburg on May 4 and to Charlottesville on May 5— a two-day event that also includes a restored DC-3 that is [...]
Bradley presides over 50th ceremony
Fifty years after the crash of Flight 349, Phil Bradley, the sole survivor, came back to the Crozet area to preside over the October 31 commemoration ceremony. Attendees noted that the weather was eerily similar to the weather 50 years earlier, when Bradley spent a day and a half on Bucks Elbow Mountain. Charlottesville was [...]
Bradley appears on Charlottesville radio
Phil Bradley, the sole survivor of Piedmont Flight 349 was interviewed by Charlottesville WINA-AM radio host Coy Barefoot on Wednesday, October 14. The show has been podcast. (The same day, a well-known Charlottesvillian named Ken Staples, who worked on body recovery at the crash site, also appeared on the radio program.)
50th event slated for October 31
Fifty years to the day, after the long day the injured survivor of Piedmont Flight #349 spent cold and alone on Buck’s Elbow Mountain, he’s coming back to commemorate the event and remember his fellow passengers who weren’t so lucky.
Ernest Philip “Phil” Bradley plans to host a ceremony at 10am on October 31 at the [...]
50th anniversary of the crash approaches
This October 30, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most tragic incidents in Virginia history, the crash of Piedmont Airlines flight #349. Carrying 27 passengers and crew, it disappeared from contact that evening and was not seen until 36 hours later when rescuers found the wreckage on Buck’s Elbow Mountain in Albemarle [...]
