flight engineer-instructor. He completed his last FAA physical examination on January 13, 1959. He had completed a special Boeing 707 ground training course consisting of 152.00 hours.
Flight Engineer Edgar Allen Freeman, age 36, was employed by American Airlines on April 11, 1949, as a flight engineer. He held a valid FAA commercial pilot certificate with instrument rating, and a flight engineer certificate with ratings in DC-6 and DC-7 aircraft. He had over 10,200 flying hours as of May 29, 1959. His second-class physical examination was completed on May 29, 1959. He had completed the special Boeing 707 ground training course, had performed two periods of Boeing 707 training, and had accumulated a total of 7.30 hours of Boeing 707 aircraft time. He also had 19:30 hours of Boeing 707 simulator time.
The Aircraft
N 7514A, a Boeing 707-123, serial number 17641, was manufactured June 5, 1959. It had approximately 736 hours of flight time. The aircraft was equipped with four Pratt and Whitney turbojet, model JT3C-6 engines.
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