A Wing and a Prayer # 2 Traditional Cache
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A Wing and a Prayer # 2
This is a small but respectful series of small, easily found geocaches.
These locations as well as the stories behind them may surprise you.
This cache is near the site of a tragic day in Spartanburg aviation which occurred on Tuesday October 29, 1985.
On that day Lt. Robin Helton, 30, of the Marine Corps would be flying a Douglas A-4M Skyhawk as part of a 3 man formation from the Naval Air Station in Millington, Tennessee to the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, North Carolina.
Lt. Robin Helton would, at around 6 pm, lose oxygen, lose consciousness and leave formation. He would crash about a half mile north of Shoally Creek Road in Boiling Springs. The A-4 would leave a crater some 30 feet wide and some 20 feet deep. Initially there would be some hope that Lt. Helton had ejected but, as the days went by, it became increasingly clear that Lt. Helton had died in the accident.
It is estimated that Lt. Helton had been traveling at 450-500 miles per hour at an angle of 70-80 degrees at the time of impact.
The road into this cache is named in his honor, as well as the nearby monument.
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