"Top Gun," a triumphant all-American pre-"woke" Hollywood
movie classic, was released on this day in history, May 16,
1986.

MovieWeb.com wrote in a 2022 retrospective of the silver-
screen sensation … "When ‘Top Gun’ hit the box office in
1986, it quickly rose to the top of the charts, drawing a
great deal of attention to the film and the cast."

"The film became an instant classic thanks to the award-
winning soundtrack and some of the best aerial scenes
to ever hit the big screen."

A map of the Atlantic Ocean, showing the southeast U.S.,
Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Puerto
Rico, with the Bermuda Triangle highlighted.

An Australian scientist says he has uncovered the mystery behind
the notorious Bermuda Triangle, known for its urban legends and
tales of puzzling ship and plane disappearances in the western
North Atlantic.

Situated between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, this stretch
of sea is prone to quickly changing weather patterns, varying sea
levels and complicated navigational realities that have given it an ominous alternative name — the Devil’s Triangle. (FOX NEWS)

U.S. Navy Avenger planes, torpedo-bombers that helped
in the Pacific, circa 1943. These are the same type of
aircraft that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.

Torpedo Bomber #28, the lead plane of Flight 19, which
vanished Dec. 5, 1945.

The USS Cyclops ship, the first reported ship carrying a
radio lost in the Bermuda Triangle in 1918.

Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki
often referred to as "Dr Karl". He is an Australian science communicator.

ROSS SIMPSON

Elvis Presley (The King of Rock and Roll) married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on
May 1, 1967.

BRIAN THOMAS

Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright made
the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-
than-air aircraft.  Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-
driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered
120 feet on its inaugural flight.

               Orville Wright                         Wilbur Wright

National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC.