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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Upside-down plane across from Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, November 2005

Small single-engine plane flipped upside down and crumpled against a bare tree beside a roadway, its red-striped fuselage reading "W & SLOW BUT LUCKY" and tail text "EAT MY DUST DAMMIT!" visible.

Collection

Katrina

Upside-down plane across from Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, November 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Upside-down plane across from Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2515.