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AP-094%u2014%u2014August 03, 1968%u2014%u2014McCordsville%u2014%u2014Indianapolis-Brookside Airpark%u2014%u201455 pieces cancelled.Signed by Charles C. %u201cChic%u201d Apple, who was Postmaster at McCordsville from 1950 to 1980. Address printed on reverse for John C. Cornelius who was an author of the American Airmail Catalog, A Reference Listing of Airposts of the World (4th ed.). Enclosure (next page). No backstamp.Known as both McCordsville Airpark and Brookside Airpark, this airport had two runways. One was a 3,100%u2019 paved strip running north and south, while the other was a turf strip angling from southwest to northeast. Claude Forth, Jr, owner of Forth Corporation, was the facility%u2019s creator and original owner. Later owners included Foster Aviation and Geist Air Services.The Airparks%u2019 dedication took place on Saturday, August 3, 1968, with a spot-landing contest, refreshments, and a drawing for prizes. The next day, a Sunday, there were two acrobatic air shows in the afternoon. The following year, Robert W. Carey took flying lessons at Brookside. On September 10, he soloed in an airport-owned Piper Cherokee, and was involved in a mid-air collision near Fairland, Indiana. Carey was one of 83 people killed%u2014making it the worst airplane accident to ever occur in Indiana, and the third worst involving two planes in American aviation history. Many people on the ground watched the aerial disaster in horror as body parts, wreckage, and broken suitcases plummeted to the ground. Some of the bodies and wreckage landed in the Shady Acres Trailer Court. Allegheny Airlines (owner of the jet Carey collided with) sued the airport for negligent training, and also Carey%u2019s estate, and both their insurance companies. The facility was eventually closed in 2003 after the owner died, and the heirs chose to divide up the land for development.