Major Howard “Scrappy” Johnson (above) set a world altitude record, when
he reached 91,243 feet, flying a Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter, from Edwards
AFB in California. In recognition of the record, then Vice President Richard
M. Nixon presented him with the Robert J. Collier trophy for aeronautical
achievement.
Sandy Kozel
Charles Lindbergh made a historic first flight of the Spirit of St. Louis from Dutch Flats
Airport near San Diego, Ca. Most of the employees of Ryan Aircraft that built the Spirit
came to the field to witness this historic flight.
Craig Hill (Craig Hill Fowler) (March 5, 1926 – April 21, 2014)
Hill, who played P.T. Moore, the co-owner of a helicopter chartering
company, in the 1950s syndicated TV adventure series Whirlybirds
(1957-1960) died Monday of natural causes in Barcelona, Spain. He
also starred in the 1954 film, The Black Shield of Falworth as Francis
Gascoyne.
