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Mantz (the name he used throughout his life) was born in Alameda, California, [1] the son of a school principal, and was raised in nearby Redwood City, California.He developed his interest in flying at an early age; as a young boy, his first flight on fabricated canvas wings was aborted when his mother stopped him as he tried to launch off the branch of a tree in his yard.
In 2008, in connection with his latest and country-flavoured album Rise to the Occasion Kurt teamed up with American music legend Willie Nelson to perform the old country music standard "Lost Highway". The song was an instant hit in his native Norway and helped him top both the singles chart, the album chart, and the radio chart all at once. [2]
Heinz Knoke (24 March 1921 – 18 May 1993) was a World War II Luftwaffe flying ace.He is credited with 33 confirmed aerial victories, all claimed over the Western theatre of operations, and claimed a further 19 unconfirmed kills in over 2,000 flights.
A United Airlines pilot made a sweet announcement to his flight attendant mother as they took their first flight together.. The pilot, Cole Doss, shared a now-viral video to Instagram earlier this ...
It became Nilsson's second hit record in the U.S., reaching No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart [2] and No. 7 on the Easy Listening chart. The song was a bigger hit in Canada, where it reached No. 25 on the Pop chart [ 3 ] and No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Kurt Cobain‘s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, honored her late father on the 30th anniversary of his death. “30 years ago my dad’s life ended,” Frances, 31, wrote via Instagram on Friday ...
At the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio, future astronaut Neil Armstrong makes his first flight as a test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor organization of NASA. [1] Born: Timothy Laurence, British naval officer and the second husband of Princess Anne, in Camberwell, South London.
PLAYBACK: The Seattle grunge band performed on MTV Unplugged in a funereal setting of lit candles and white lilies. Mark Beaumont chronicles the troubled days leading up to the show, during which ...