On July 2, 1937, the Lockheed aircraft carrying American aviator
Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan was reported
missing near Howland Island in the Pacific.
The pair were attempting to fly around the world when they lost
their bearings during the most challenging leg of the global
journey: Lae, New Guinea, to Howland Island, a tiny island 2,227
nautical miles away, in the center of the Pacific Ocean.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca was in sporadic radio contact
with Earhart as she approached Howland Island and received
messages that she was lost and running low on fuel. Soon after,
she probably tried to ditch the Lockheed in the ocean. No trace
of Earhart or Noonan was ever found.
Amelia Mary Earhart (born July 24, 1897;
disappeared July 2, 1937)
The wreckage of Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane
(top/bottom) on May 1, 1960.
An American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was
shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union.
The incident derailed an important summit meeting between
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita
Khrushchev that was scheduled for later that month.
After being shot down, Powers (right) appeared in the dock
of the Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R. and was tried by the
Soviet Military Board on August 19, 1960.
Francis Gary Powers holds a model of a U-2 spy plane as he testifies before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee
after his release from Soviet prison in march 1962.
Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977)
Powers was piloting a helicopter for Los Angeles TV station
KNBC Channel 4 over the San Fernando Valley on August 1,
1977, when the aircraft crashed, killing him and his cameraman
George Spears.
the glasses rock legend Buddy Holly was wearing when his plane crashed February 3, 1959.
From left:The Big Bopper,Richi Valens and
Buddy Holly, February 2nd, 1959.
The crash site on February 3, 1959.
The Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas.