Resolution Trail
Today, the crash site is part of the El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve, which includes the "Resolution Trail", named for the plane. Park rules restrict visitors to the trail and visitors are also requested to respect this historical site by leaving any artifacts where they find them.
On 3 December 2008, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District agreed to install a memorial plaque near the crash site at the junction of the Fir & Vista Point trails, just below the park's Vista Point. This location was significant because it was the location where a military H-19 'Chickasaw' recovery helicopter landed on the day of the crash. Over fifty people attended the plaque's dedication on 27 June 2009, including the sister-in-law of William Kapell, and George Bordi, a local resident of the day who heard the plane fly overhead, in thick fog, then moments later he heard the tremendous "crump" sound of the plane impacting the area nearby, in 1953.
Read more about this topic: BCPA Flight 304
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