Dave and Jeanne Allen, in front of their 1934 WACO YKC. [Courtesy: Meg Godlewski]
Key Takeaways:
Antique aircraft owners Dave (78) and Jeanne (79) Allen were killed when their 1934 WACO YKC (N14137) crashed and caught fire in Selden, Kansas, with the NTSB investigating.
The Allens were accomplished pilots and highly respected for their meticulous restoration of vintage aircraft, transforming projects into award-winning showpieces.
Their crashed WACO YKC was a particularly famous and meticulously restored teal-colored aircraft, acquired in 2003 and painstakingly brought back to pristine, historically accurate condition over a decade.
Antique aircraft owners Dave and Jeanne Allen, the owners of a 1934 WACO YKC (N14137), were killed Sunday when their aircraft crashed in a field in Selden, Kansas.
The accident airplane, the teal cabin-class model, was one of the most photographed airplanes in the vintage aviation world.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
