David Keith Allen
June 30, 2024

At 6:10 PM, Sunday, June 30, 2024 it was reported that two Coloradans died in crash of vintage biplane in northwestern Kansas. Their 1934 WACO YKC single-engine biplane crashed into a field around 10 miles north of Hoxie in Sheridan County, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. The Patrol identified the pilot as David Allen, 78, of Elbert, Colorado, and the passenger as Jeanne Allen, 79. Another report with pictures is available here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13593035/Colorado-couple-David-Jeanne-Allen-Kansas-plane-crash.html

Colorado Public Radio published a nice article here about Dave and Jeanne.

Very sad. There are some nice pictures of them on the Class website here:

The Allen's Beautiful 1947 Piper PA-11 Cub Special - http://usafa68.org/Photos/Allen/DKA_Piper.htm
The Allen's Kelly Air Park Breakfast Fly-in - http://usafa68.org/Photos/Allen/DKA.htm
Class Breakfast & Aviation Fest - August 1, 2009 - http://usafa68.org/Photos/Allen/ph25.html