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.

USS Ranger (CV-4) was launched at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry dock Co., Newport News, Va.(top photo). It was the first ship of the United States Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. She served mainly in the 
Atlantic during WWll, and carried out the only fleet carrier attack in the Atlantic
during the war. Ranger received two battle stars for her service. The ship was
decommissioned on October 18, 1946. she was sold for scrap to a Shipbuilding
and Dry dock Company in Chester, Pennsylvania on January 31, 1947.

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Wings is a silent film portraying World War l fighter pilots, produced by
Lucien Hubbard, and directed by William A. Wellman. It was the first film,
and the only silent film to win the Academy Award for, what was then 
called Outstanding Picture. The name Best Picture was first used in
1962 when the winner then was Lawrence of Arabia.