The Boeing Model 450 B-47 Stratojet is a long-range, six-engine medium bomber that was put into service with the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command (SAC) in 1951. It remained a mainstay of SAC until 1965. The
B-47 was also adapted to a number of other missions, including photo
and weather reconnaissance.

"(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis
Redding and and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was recorded by Redding in
1967, just days before his death in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin
on December 10. The record was released on February 23, 1968 and
became the first posthumous number-one single in US music chart history.

Aviator Maximilian "Max" Conrad set nine official light plane records in the
1950s and 1960s. On February 27, 1961, Conrad left Miami in a PA-23
Aztec named New Frontiers and touched down back in Miami on March 8,
1961, setting a new around-the-world record. His average speed was 123.
19 mph.

Some of Conrad’s stops included Long Beach, California, Honolulu, Wake
Island,Guam, Manila, Singapore, Bombay, and Brazil, crossing the equator
twice. Conrad was accompanied by an observer for the record flight.

In 1964, Max Conrad received the prestigious Harmon Trophy for the most
outstanding international achievement in the art of flying. He was one of the
greatest small plane pilots ever.

 
The Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec flown by Conrad

Max Conrad was presented the Harmon Trophy by Vice President
Hubert Humphrey in 1964.

 

Composer Dimitri Tiomkin won an Academy Award for his original score while 
his title song for the film “The High and the Mighty” was also nominated for 
an Oscar.  

Dimitri Tiomkin

An airline pilots cap from "The High and the Mighty (valued at $1,000 to
$1,500.