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Tragedy by the Sea. Tragedy by the Sea, also known as Cruel Waves, is a photo showing a young couple, John and Lillian McDonald, standing together beside the Pacific Ocean in Hermosa Beach, California, United States. The image was captured in April 1954 by Los Angeles Times photographer John L. Gaunt. A few minutes before the image was taken ...
June 22 – Wings Over Long Island Airshow – (Westhampton, New York) – Two planes racing collided over Francis S. Gabreski Airport in front of 15,000 spectators. Pilot Dick Goodlett died when his aircraft crashed and burst into flames. The second plane crash-landed, critically injuring pilot Chris Kalishek.
List of American Airlines accidents and incidents. As of March 2019, American Airlines has had almost sixty aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of an Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931. [1][2] Of the hull losses, most were propeller driven aircraft, including three Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft (of which one, the crash in 1959 of ...
9 March 1955. William Edward McLaughlin crashed fighter jet while taking off an aircraft carrier off the coast of California. [citation needed] 11 March. Third of 13 North American X-10s, GM-19309, c/n 3, on X-10 flight number 14, out of Edwards AFB, California, first flight of refitted c/n 3, the static test article.
April 1, 1954 (Thursday) The U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. South Point School was founded in Kolkata, India. It would become the largest school in the world by 1988. [1]
"The News-Review, Roseburg | Oregon, April 7 (AP) - Four men were killed when the transport struck a mountain near Decaturville, Tenn., on a flight from Washington D.C., to Memphis." The aircraft took off from a field of North American Aviation in California and crashed in Decaturville, Tennessee, killing four on board. The pilot was Col. James ...
South African Airways Flight 201 – On 8 April 1954, a de Havilland Comet 1, en route to Cairo, Egypt, suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed south of Naples killing all 21 aboard. Sabena Flight 503 – The Douglas DC-6 crashed into Monte Terminillo near Rieti while flying in heavy snow and rain condition. All aboard were ...
April 8 – Justice on NBC (1954–1956) April 18 – The Martha Wright Show on ABC; April 26 – The Tony Martin Show on NBC; July 5 - Concerning Miss Marlowe on NBC. July 16 - The Best in Mystery on NBC. (1954) August 5 – So You Want to Lead a Band on ABC (1954–1955) August 28 – The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan on NBC (1954–1955 ...