Camille Bohannon

The Lucky Lady II (bottom) being refuelled by a B-29M.

The crew members of the Lucky Lady II are greeted by Air Force
Secretary Stuart Symington and General Hoyt Vandenberg.

Howard Hughes with his record-setting Northrop Gamma

Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record. He flew from Los Angeles,
California to Newark Airport in New Jersey. The West to East flight took 7 
hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds to complete.

Hughes climbs out of the Northrop Gamma at Newark, New Jersey.

Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis hanging in the. Smithsonian National
Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Washington (AP) – Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, one of the most
treasured aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum, has been lowered
to the floor for its first conservation treatment in 22 years.

For decades, the single-engine aircraft has been suspended from the ceiling
and seen from afar. Early Thursday, it was carefully lowered to the floor. Now
visitors are getting an up-close look at the historic plane and can better imagine
what it must have been like to fly.

For the next eight months, the aircraft is expected to be in full view to the
museum’s millions of visitors as conservators repair cracks in its fabric skin
and search for other damage.

Charles Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927

The crash site of United Airlines Flight 173 near NE 158th Avenue and East Burnside Street in Portland, Oregon.

Since the United 173 crash resulted in a Crew Resource Management (CRM) 
training revolution, the accident has been called one of the most important in
history.

Held responsible for the accident, Captain McBroom lost his pilot’s license and
retired from United Airlines shortly afterwards. He died on October 9, 2004 at
age 77.