August 17, 1935:"Will Rogers" & this aviator "Die in Airplane Crash in Alaska; Nation Shocked by Tragedy"
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Sinkhole Productions Inc.: August 2009  Aug 1, 2009 ... Release Dates: USA:16 August 1948 ... Birth Date: 19 August 1899 ...... (USA), 21 August 1935, "Will Rogers", "New York Times" (USA), 17 August 1935, pg. ... Wiley Post Die in Airplane Crash in Alaska; Nation Shocked by Tragedy; ... of a plane piloted by the world-renowned, one-eyed pioneer aviator,...
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Humorist Will Rogers Aviator Wiley Post Airplane Crash Deaths ...  Humorist WILL ROGERS & Aviator Wiley Post Airplane Crash DEATHS 1935 ... 1935 WILL ROGERS & PILOT WILEY POST FLOAT PLANE PHOTO JUST ... offered to enhance your collectible interest: NEW YORK TIMES, August 17, 1935 ... POST DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH IN ALASKA; NATION SHOCKED BY TRAGEDY"...
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Today in History - December 17 | Library of Congress  On the morning of December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took turns piloting and monitoring their flying machine in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. ... attempts of other would-be pilots, the Wright brothers knew that heavier-than-air flight...
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March 17, 1953: The Black Box Is Born | WIRED  Mar 17, 2010 ... Even if an eyewitness saw an airplane crash, little was known of the cause or ... would be popular and help solve the mysteries behind aviation crashes, but ... Eventually, British officials accepted the idea of a flight data recorder and ... and fire-proof containers and selling them to airlines around the world.
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'The day the music died'? Hardly - CNN.com  Feb 2, 2009 ... The plane crash took the lives of the pilot, Roger Peterson, and three musicians: Charles Hardin Holley, better known as Buddy Holly, 22; Ritchie ... five miles northwest of Mason City Municipal Airport, near Clear Lake, Iowa. ... the close of an era, the end of the first bloom of rock anarchy and innovation.
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National Aviation Day - Wikipedia  The National Aviation Day (August 19) is a United States national observation that celebrates ... a presidential proclamation which designated the anniversary of Orville Wright's birthday to be National Aviation Day (Mr. Wright, born in 1871,...
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Eddie Rickenbacker - Wikipedia  Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890  July 23, 1973) was an American fighter ace ... In what was to become one of the defining characteristics of Rickenbacker's life, he nearly died many ..... He persuaded GM to purchase North American Aviation, a conglomerate whose assets included Eastern Air Transport.
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The Official Site of Will Rogers  Betty was a loving and supportive wife to Will until his death. ... his time with Ziegfeld Follies in 1917, Will's act evolved from the exhibition of ... Tragically, on August 15, 1935, Will and Wiley's flight crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska, taking both ... chronicles the life of the amazing entertainer, humorist and author and keeps...
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RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Quest for Ancestors and Cousins  Mar 31, 2016 ... Point Barrow, Alaska Territory ... William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 ? ... Rogers died in 1935 with a viator Wiley Post, when their small ... River", the home where Will Rogers wa s born, near Oologah, Oklahoma ... The house he was born in had been built in 1 875 and was known as the...
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The Official Site of Will Rogers  In November 1908, Will married Betty Blake, with whom he had four children (Will Jr., Mary, Jim and Fred). Betty was a loving and supportive wife to Will until his death. ... In 1918, Will began acting in several silent films, including Laughing Bill ... 1935, Will and Wiley's flight crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska, taking both of...
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100 Years of Sustained Power Flight History - Federal Aviation ...  for 300', he then improved upon it, flew it on July 4 over a measured ... NY carrying Leo Stevens & two other passengers for a short flight ... San Francisco, an Army test, Lt. Myron Chrissy drops a live bomb from an airplane .... 1930 Charles Lindbergh & Ann Morrow set transcontinental speed record L.A. to NY in 14. hours 45...
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The Day the Music Died - Wikipedia  Flight origin, Mason City Municipal Airport, Iowa. Destination, Hector Airport, North Dakota. On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, .... The right wing tip had struck the ground first, sending the aircraft...
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Final flight of Will Rogers, Wiley Post remembered | Juneau Empire ...  15, 1935, as they flew to Alaska's northernmost outpost, Point Barrow. ... Posted: Sunday, August 15, 1999 ... Rogers planned to visit an old friend in Barrow, whaler and trader Charles Brower. ... ``I went down to the waterfront to see them. ... at 5 p.m. Aug. 15 near Point Barrow, when their plane crashed nose-first into a river.
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The 30 year anniversary of the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 - The ...  Jan 12, 2012 ... The snowstorm of January 13, 1982 will always be remembered for the terrible ... The 737 jet plunged over the bridge and into the ice-covered Potomac River. ... In the icy water, about a dozen surviving passengers bobbed helplessly ... Lenny Skutnik, an onlooker on the bank of the river, jumped into the icy...
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EXAMPLES OF PLANE CRASHES | Ken Doc - INVESTIGATE 9/11  The B-25 Empire State Building crash was a 1945 aircraft accident in which a B-25 Mitchell piloted in thick ... The last time a plane crashed into a New York City skyscraper was July 28, 1945. ... B-25 Bomber Hits Empire State Building (1945) ... Debris, body parts, luggage everywhere! Looks just like Shanksville..NOT!
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Air controller tells pilot 'Straighten up! Straighten up!' just before ...  Jun 9, 2016 ... Three people have died in a single-engine plane crash near the northwest ... No one was inside the parked car, but all three people aboard the plane died immediately. ... They were flying from Norman, OK to Houston to visit the brothers' ... a fixed wing single-engine aircraft, was en route to Hobby Airport.
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Remembering Will Rogers: 80 years on, how the 'cowboy ... - PBS  Aug 15, 2015 ... At the time of his death in 1935, Rogers had the most popular Sunday evening radio ... humorist, political commentator and writer, died in a plane crash in Alaska. ... Rogers' weekly radio broadcast, one of the first comedic political shows, had ... Will Rogers backstage with the 1924 Ziegfeld Follies cast.
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Will Rogers - Wikipedia  William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879  August 15, 1935) was a stage and ... Rogers even provided an epigram on his most famous epigram: ... or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: "I joked about ..... Another casting resides at the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma.