ARIA 61-0328 - Kennedy Space Shuttle Landing Facility

The Price

ARIA 328 Memorial
National Museum of the Air Force
Source: Randy Losey

On the morning of May 6, 1981, the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft, ARIA 61-0328, lifted off from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; ARIA 61-0328 was never to be heard from again. All on board perished in a fatal crash while on a training mission over Walkersville, Maryland.

In 2005, the ARIA 328 Memorial Foundation was formed to constuct a memorial near the ARIA 328 crash site in Walkersville, Maryland, to pay tribute to the 21 friends and family that were lost.

To learn more, go to ARIAMemorial.com.