Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis hanging in the. Smithsonian National
Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Washington (AP) – Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, one of the most
treasured aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum, has been lowered
to the floor for its first conservation treatment in 22 years.

For decades, the single-engine aircraft has been suspended from the ceiling
and seen from afar. Early Thursday, it was carefully lowered to the floor. Now
visitors are getting an up-close look at the historic plane and can better imagine
what it must have been like to fly.

For the next eight months, the aircraft is expected to be in full view to the
museum’s millions of visitors as conservators repair cracks in its fabric skin
and search for other damage.

Charles Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927

The song "Twistin’ the Night Away" was written and recorded by
Sam Cooke with session musicians The Wrecking Crew. It charted
in the top ten of both the Billboard Hot 100 (#9) and Billboard’s R&B
chart (#1).

The song "Twistin’ the Night Away" was written and recorded by
Sam Cooke with session musicians The Wrecking Crew. It charted
in the top ten of both the Billboard Hot 100 (#9) and Billboard’s R&B
chart (#1).

Rod Taylor in Twilight Zone episode “And When the Sky Was Opened”(1959). 

Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (January 11,1930 – January 7, 2015)

Actor Rod Taylor appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles
in The Time Machine (1960), and Alfred Hitchcock‘s horror/thriller
The Birds (1963). Taylor died at home of natural causes.

Andraé Edward Crouch (July 1, 1942 – January 8, 2015)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter
and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna
and movies such as "The Lion King," has died.

According to his publicist, Crouch died Thursday afternoon at Northridge
Hospital Medical Center, where he had been admitted Saturday after
suffering a heart attack.

Crouch and his sister, Sandra Crouch, lived in the Pacoima area of Los
Angeles, where they were pastors at the New Christ Memorial Church in
the Los Angeles suburb of San Fernando.

Born in San Francisco, Crouch wrote his first gospel tune at age 14.

Andrae Crouch sings "Through It All" at a Billy Graham crusade in
New Mexico in 1975.