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97 unusual facts about ''Airplane!'': The "Don't Call Me Shirley" Edition


1st Concert Oh Yeah! 1999

# Don't Leave Me Behind

Ahascragh

RTÉ's award winning show Don't Feed the Gondolas presented by Sean Moncrieff, satirised small village Ireland at the end of each show, choosing Ahascragh and the fictional "Head of the Parish Co-mit-tea" Monica Loolly as its instrument.

Alfreda Benge

Benge studied painting at Camberwell Art School, Graphics at the London School of Printing, Film at the RCA, worked in film, and served as an assistant to the editor of Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973).

Archibald Keightley Nicholson

The East window behind the altar in the church of St Peter and St Paul's in Ewhurst, Surrey was commissioned as a memorial window for Captain William Ralph Frecheville who was executed after capture 9 January 1920 aged 24, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, whilst serving as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.

Carrie Bickmore

A running joke throughout the segment was Bickmore's quirky introductions in which she added a quip, often playing off of social trends, music and popular culture, for example: "Good evening. I'm Carrie Bickmore and don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?" In 2007, Bickmore returned to the show with a more important role.

D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat

The song "Good Girl, Bad Boy" can be heard in the film She's the Man when Viola arrives at the private school masquerading as her brother.

Daniel Guilet

He was born at Rostov-on-Don in the Russian Empire and raised in Paris, where his family moved when he was less than a year old.

Dave Horwitz

He wrote on the first season of ABC's Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 and is currently writing on How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life), premiering this spring on ABC.

Dirt Road Anthem

The song debuted as a single as Aldean's previous single, "Don't You Wanna Stay", was currently at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Dôn

At least two of Dôn's children also have astronomical associations: Caer Gwydion ("The fortress of Gwydion") is the traditional Welsh name for the Milky Way, and Caer Arianrhod ("The Fortress of Arianrhod") being the constellation of Corona Borealis.

Don and Mike Show

He began the segment by playing the Beach Boys' 1964 hit "Don't Worry Baby", which he said was his and his wife's "special song".

Don't Be Afraid of Love

In 2001, the single "Lo Fi's in Ibiza" was featured in the PlayStation 2 video game Frequency.

Don't Be Afraid of Love is a 2002 album by Lo Fidelity Allstars.

Don't Be Fooled by the Name

Mick Rock was responsible for the cover art and photography.

Don't Be Saprize

Don't Be Saprize featured production from the Road Dawgs themselves, Clinton "Payback" Sands, Greg Royal and Naughty by Nature producer Kay Gee, who produced the song "Break Yourself" with Darren Lighty.

Don't Bring Flowers

"Don't Bring Flowers" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter Erik Hassle.

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (also known in Australia as Vietnam: Hell or Glory) is a 1982 film directed by Peter Werner and written by Paul G. Hensler, set in the Vietnam War.

producer = Walt deFaria
Paul G. Hensler
Ken Karawai
Terry Ogisu
Shintaro Tsuji

Don't Cry, Nanking

Being produced before the publishing of such books like Iris Chang's The Rape of Nanking and Herbert Bix's Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, the movie shows General Iwane Matsui giving the order to "kill all the captives" and omits any reference to Prince Asaka.

Among historical characters such as John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin (whose names have been curiously changed to John Robbins and Whitney Craft in the English translation), the film also features an out-of-context excerpt of the infamous Contest to kill 100 people using a sword between Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyochi Noda.

Don't Dress for Dinner

This production of the Roundabout Theatre is directed by John Tillinger, and features Ben Daniels, Patricia Kalember, Adam James, Jennifer Tilly, David Aron Damane, and Spencer Kayden.

Don't Drop Bombs

The video is considered very camp and has similar references to other music videos and styles of the 1980s including Bananarama's "Venus", a touch of Michael Jackson towards the end, and even a reference to the Broadway Melody ballet from Singin' in the Rain with Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse.

Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite

"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" is a song about a man who dreams that he was an Eskimo named Nanook.

Don't Feed the Gondolas

The name of the show is attributed to a remark made by a Wicklow County Councillor, Jimmy Miley, during a meeting regarding Blessington Lake.

Don't Forbid Me

The song was recorded by The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley a.o.) on December 4, 1956 and recorded as an instrumental version done by Bert Kaempfert.

Don't Forget the Diver

#The title pays homage to the wartime catchphrase of Tommy Handley in the ITMA shows, 'Don't forget the diver sir; do not forget the diver' about the character Deepend Dan.

Don't Get Around Much Anymore – Live at Bullerbyn

Don't Get Around Much Anymore – Live at Bullerbyn is a live 1975 jazz recording of a two-evening jam session at the Bullerbyn jazz club, Stockholm, Sweden.

Don't Go Gently

The iTunes download does not include "Give Me a Rocket Pack and Show Me the Moon", but instead is accompanied by two other tracks ("It's Okay to Lie" and "Single Room") recorded live at the City Varieties, Leeds, on September 22, 2005.

Don't Go in the House

Released on a low budget on DVD at a time when home DVD players were first coming to the market and people were building libraries from the few films available, this title reached audiences that might otherwise have passed it up for more mainstream options, much like Lana Clarkson's Barbarian Queen and David Carradine's Death Race 2000.

Don't Go Near the Park

Don't Go Near the Park (also known as Curse of the Living Dead, Nightstalker and Sanctuary for Evil) is a 1981 American horror film directed by Lawrence D. Foldes.

Don't Knock the Rock

With the help of disc jockey Alan Freed and film headliners Bill Haley & His Comets, they set out to prove that the music isn't as bad as adults think.

Don't Leave Me Lonely

Carr made a demo of the song for possible inclusion on Kiss' 1982 album Creatures of the Night, but the song didn't make it on the album as it didn't fit in with the rest of the material.

"Don't Leave Me Lonely" is a song by the Canadian musician Bryan Adams featured on his 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife.

Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me

The song is covered with "Born to Raise Hell", which was released as a separate single, and "Death or Glory".

Don't Let Go

"Don't Let Go", a song by Yo Majesty from Futuristically Speaking...Never Be Afraid

Don't Let Him Waste Your Time

Richard Hawley plays electric guitar on the track, while Cocker's Pulp bandmate Steve Mackey plays bass.

Don't Let This Moment End

The title of the song in French is "Que Ça Ne Finisse Jamais" and is only available on the Gloria! European edition of the album as a bonus track.

Don't Make Me Come to Vegas

Following the success of previous remix singles "Professional Widow" (1996), "In the Springtime of his Voodoo" (1996) and "Jackie's Strength" (1998), the song was remixed in the same vein and served as the third single from the album.

Don't Make Waves

Dave Draper, who plays Malibu's boyfriend Harry, was the 1965 IFBB Mr. America and the 1966 IFBB Mr. Universe.

Don't Marry Her

Vocalist Jacqui Abbott begs a man to run away with her from the woman he is going to marry, and attempts to sway him by describing what she thinks married life with the other woman will be like, painting a very uninviting picture.

Don't Mess with Bill

"Don't Mess with Bill" is a million-selling, Gold-certified single recorded by The Marvelettes.

Don't Mind

An alternate version, "The Crispy Chicken Song", was featured in Blige's ad for Burger King over which the she sings the praises of the Crispy Chicken Snack Wrap.

Don't Mug Yourself

The song featured as a plot point in the 2005 Doctor Who episode "Father's Day", playing briefly and anachronistically on a car radio in 1987.

Don't Need to Say Good Bye

"Don't Need to Say Good Bye" is a song by Japanese singer Ami Suzuki, released as her tenth single under Sony Music.

Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion

A third edition, with another slight title revision (now known as Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) was published in the UK by Titan Books in June 2002, and contains further additional material, this time by M. J. Simpson (ISBN 1-84023-501-2).

Don't Play Us Cheap

Don't Play Us Cheap is a 1972 musical written, produced, and directed by Melvin Van Peebles, about an imp and a devil who take human form and try to break up a Harlem house party.

Don't Run Away

"Ne t'enfuis pas", a song by Kate Bush with title meaning don't run away in French

Don't Say You Love Me

"Don't Say You Love Me", a song by Joe Gilman, from his album Here, There, and Everywhere

Don't Scare the Hare

In November 2010, the Manchester Evening News reported that television production company Endemol was producing a new game show for Saturday evenings at the area's new MediaCityUK studios.

Don't Shoot the Messenger

"REV 22:20" was released on the Underworld soundtrack, "REV 22:20" (4:20 Mix) was released on the Saw II soundtrack and "The Undertaker (Renholdër Mix)" was released on the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack.

Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair

Other scenes shown by the distorted colour are the band driving a Cadillac in L.A during recording, Alex showing the V sign, Jamie Cook holding a Scythe on the rocks, the band in a black Daimler DS420 and clips of Sheffield Wednesday vs. Manchester United & Arsenal, citing the band's support of Wednesday.

Don't Step on My Olive Branch

Don't Step on My Olive Branch is a musical conceived by Jonathan Karmon, with music and lyrics by Ron Eliran and a book by Harvey Jacobs.

Don't Stop Dreaming

Bollywood actors Rishi Kapoor and Sunil Shetty, EastEnders actress Michelle Collins, DJ and actor Richard Blackwood and singer Taz in his acting debut star in the film, which was released on 16 March 2007.

Don't Sweat the Technique

Don't Sweat the Technique is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, released on June 23, 1992, by MCA Records.

Don't Take Your Time

Don't Take Your Time is the first major studio album released by jazz vocalist Erin Bode.

Don't Tell Me Now

Don't Tell Me Now (1996) is the second studio album by the American indie rock group The Halo Benders.

Don't Tell the Band

Randall Bramblett, a solo musician and member of Steve Winwood's touring band, joined Widespread Panic on the tenor saxophone for a cover of Firehose's Sometimes. Big Wooly Mammoth, a long-time crowd favorite sung by John "JoJo" Herman, was finally brought to the studio for this release.

Don't Tell the Bride

They are: Australia, Denmark (TV 2, 2009–), Finland (Liv), Greece & Cyprus (ANT1, 2011), Germany (RTL II, 2011–), Ireland (RTE, 2010–), Italy (Lei), Norway (TLC Norway), Poland (TLC Poland, 2011), Sweden (TV4), Turkey and United States.

Don't Turn Away

It was released in 1992 (see 1992 in music) under the label Dr. Strange Records, and was considered a strong debut for the band.

Don't Turn Off the Lights

Iglesias promoted the week of Thanksgiving, performing the song on TV shows Last Call with Carson Daly, MTV's TRL, Live with Regis and Kelly and the Today Show summer concert series, where he attracted the largest crowd of Summer Concert series to date.

Don't U Ever Stop

On May 11, Taguchi and Ueda appeared and performed the song on their kōhai Hey! Say! JUMP's variety show, Hi! Hey! Say, while Tanaka was a guest performer on HSJ's other show, Show wa Hey! Say!, the day after.

Don't Wait on Me

Several cultural references are made, including atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair (the impossibility of her being ordained and becoming a priest) and Wrigley Field, which at the time was the only unlighted field in Major League Baseball.

Don't Wanna Fall in Love

In the UK, the single peaked at a low #22, because Child refused to appear on the popular British TV program Top of the Pops while the single was climbing the charts due to considering appearing on that program a "sellout".

Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself

This slow dramatic piano ballad was described by Robin in the liner notes of Tales from the Brothers Gibb box set as "...the dawning, or the closing, of the 'gotta find out who I really am' era."

Don't Wanna Lose You

It was covered by Glee's Amber Riley in "The Spanish Teacher" episode using some of the lyrics from the Spanish version of the song.

Don't Waste the Pretty

It was written by Michael Dennis Smith, Stefanie Ridel, Miriam Nervo and Olivia Nervo and was produced by Howard Benson.

Don't You Ever Leave Me

"Don't You Ever Leave Me" made its first appearance on Hanoi Rocks' first album Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, but it had more punky atmosphere and faster tempo.

Don't You Know

"Don't You Know", the English version of the song "Dimmi Come" by the Italian singer Alexia from her re-recorded fifth studio album Alexia

Don't You Wanna Be Relevant? / Our Bovine Public

Along with 'Get Yr Hands Out of My Grave', the Cribs and Will Jackson produced 'Don't You Wanna be Relevant?' at Soundworks Studios, Leeds, with 'Our Bovine Public' recorded at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia with Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos.

Fanfare/Don't Dream It, Be It

Post-Metal band Jesu used a sample of "Don't Dream It, Be It" on the track "Don't dream it" from the album Pale Sketches

The fanfare section of this song denotes to admiration of Hollywood film star Fay Wray's performance in King Kong, as Frank wishes he could be dressed as delicately as she was.

Fruit Chan

Don't Look Up (2009), a remake of the 1996 Japanese horror film Don't Look Up

Further Efforts

On the demo for the song "Control" a clip from the movie Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood can be heard.

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

The original song can be found on the album People That I Meet and on Spoon's EP Don't You Evah.

I Care 4 U

Along with her hit singles, a number of shelved tracks were included on the album, including the singles "Miss You", "Don't Know What to Tell Ya", and "Come Over".

Karyn Rochelle

Her credits include several hit singles by country music artists, including "I Wonder", "Red High Heels", and "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" for Kellie Pickler, as well as "Georgia Rain" and "This Is Me You're Talking To" for Trisha Yearwood.

Kotel Da-Don

Da-Don filed a lawsuit at the municipal court in Zagreb, where he sought his return to the position of chief rabbi, with the salary of 15,000 HRK.

Leon Jackson

Jackson appeared as a celebrity guest on the first live episode of series five of The X Factor on 11 October 2008, to perform the first single, "Don't Call This Love", from his upcoming album Right Now.

Lord Don't Slow Me Down

Lord Don't Slow Me Down is a rockumentary film, looking back on British rock band Oasis' Don't Believe the Truth world tour which took place from May 2005 to March 2006.

Mic Murphy

He is well known for singing the group's biggest hit, "Don't Disturb This Groove," a 1987 US Top Five Pop and R&B hit.

Mr. Roboto

The track was released as the first single from the album at the last minute instead of "Don't Let It End" at the request of A&M Records.

Multi-cordoned ware culture

Tribes of this culture inhabited an area stretching from the Don to Moldavia, including Dnieper Ukraine, Right-bank Ukraine, and part of the modern Ternopil oblast, and was bordered by the Volga to the east.

Nicholaus Goossen

He collaborated with Adam Sandler (executive producer of "Grandma's Boy") on the album "Shhh...Don't Tell" as a writer and co-producer in addition to performing on the track "Gay Robot".

Open-handed drumming

Steve Smith and Deen Castronovo have used the open hand technique for the Journey song "Don't Stop Believin'".

Reichen Lehmkuhl

His autobiography Here's What We'll Say, about his time in the Air Force under the military's commonly called "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, was released by Carroll and Graf on October 28, 2006.

Scott Bloom

Scott's movie credits as an actor include roles in Don's Plum (2001) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, John Q (2002) with Denzel Washington and Robert Duvall, and Smokin' Aces (2006) with Ray Liotta, Ryan Reynolds, and Jeremy Piven.

Shake Your Coconuts

The song was recorded in 2003 as the third single from their debut album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat.

Shhh...Don't Tell

A collection of songs and skits that feature the voices of Sandler, his friends Allen Covert, Rob Schneider, Peter Dante, and Jonathan Loughran, plus David Spade, Blake Clark, Nick Swardson, Maya Rudolph, and Molly Shannon.

Six60

Six60 have a quadruple platinum number one debut album with triple platinum selling single "Don't Forget Your Roots", two double platinum selling singles "Only To Be" and "Rise Up", one platinum selling single "Forever", and one gold selling single "Lost".

Skyline Pigeon

In 1972, John re-recorded the song with his band (Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone) during the sessions for Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player.

Stalag version

The rhythm also influenced early hip-hop, and can be discerned on Public Enemy's hit 'Don't Believe the Hype' as well as on Too Short's Blowjob Betty.

The Destruction of Small Ideas

"Don't Go Down to Sorrow" was the first single from the album, released in the UK on April 9, in the United States on April 17, and in Japan on March 23.

The President Wore Pearls

She waves goodbye to her classmates and the rest of Springfield - including Moe, who is holding a picture of her - singing another parody song ("Don't Cry for Me Argentina").

The Truth About Love

Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love, short story collection by British author Dan Rhodes

Too Short

In the early 1980s, Shaw produced custom songs (called "special requests") for people with his high school friend, Freddy B. In 1983, Too Short had his first release, Don't Stop Rappin' which, along with the following three releases, featured raw, simple drum beats from a LinnDrum drum machine.

What's a Man to Do

Although uncertified, What's a Man to Do spawned the radio hit "Don't Wanna Try".

You Won't Be Lonely Now

"You Won't Be Lonely Now" was Cyrus' last Top 40 country hit until 2007, when "Ready, Set, Don't Go" reached number 4.


1972 Nicaragua earthquake

Puerto Rican baseball legend Roberto Clemente and three others died on December 31, 1972, when their airplane crashed after take-off from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, while attempting to fly to Nicaragua with help for earthquake victims.

2007 Balad aircraft crash

The 2007 Balad aircraft crash was a 9 January 2007 airplane incident involving an Antonov An-26 airliner, which crashed while attempting to land at the U.S. military base in Balad, Iraq.

A Vlaicu I

On September 28, 1910, as a part of the Fall military exercises, Vlaicu flew his airplane from Slatina to Piatra Olt carrying a message, an early instance of an airplane being used for military purposes.

Abraham Wald

Wald and his wife died in an airplane crash in the Nilgiri mountains, in southern India, while on an extensive lecture tour at the invitation of the Indian government.

Air Tanzania

On 21 November 2011, Air Tanzania began negotiations with Export Development Canada (EDC) to explore how EDC could assist the airline to acquire more aircraft from Bombardier, a Canadian airplane manufacturer.

Al White

On screen, White is perhaps best known for his role in hit comedy Airplane! as the jive-talking man whose words have to be translated (he reprised the jive-talking for a courtroom scene in the sequel).

Alaska Airlines Flight 261

In 2012, the film drama Flight, directed and co-produced by Robert Zemeckis, featured an airplane crash of a craft resembling an MD-83, though the film's version recorded just six fatalities (four passengers, two crew) of the 102 persons aboard.

Aurore MB 02 Souricette

On Sunday, 23 December 2007, the Electravia team and the association APAME first flew its Souricette electric-powered open-cockpit airplane at Aspres sur Buech airfield, Hautes Alpes, France.

BFGoodrich

1927 Charles Lindbergh's airplane, the "Spirit of St. Louis," which made the first successful non-stop flight across the Atlantic, was fitted with BFGoodrich tires.

Caspar Einem

On October 12 Einem publicly announced to become one of the board members of the chartered airplane provider Jetalliance and to withdraw from politics.

Charles K. Johnson

Originally an airplane mechanic in San Francisco, Johnson took on the running of the Society from Samuel Shenton on the latter's death in 1972, from his base on a ranch near Edwards Air Force Base.

Church of the United Brethren in Christ

Orville and Wilbur Wright, who invented the airplane, were the sons of United Brethren bishop Milton Wright.

Cini Foundation

It was established by Count Vittorio Cini in memory of his son who died in an airplane accident near Cannes in 1949.

Flight into Danger

In 1957, it was adapted into the feature film Zero Hour! and, more famously, parodied in the 1980 comedy, Airplane!.

Franciszek Gruszka

In the spring of 1975 a World War II aviation archeology group found the remnants of an airplane and its pilot in marshes between Preston Village and Stodmarsh, East Sussex.

Frederick Perry Fish

He was involved in key patent litigation during development of the telephone, the air brake, the steam turbine, the automobile, the airplane and the radio, as well as other electric appliances.

Ganapathi Thanikaimoni

Thani was on his way to the US when the airplane in which he was flying, Pan Am Flight 73, was hijacked in Karachi, Pakistan on September 5, 1986.

German submarine U-889

On the afternoon of 10 May, U-889 was spotted south of Newfoundland by a RCAF airplane, steaming at 10 knots and flying a black flag of surrender.

Ghazi of Iraq

When he was sixteen, Ghazi was taken for his first airplane flight by the American adventurer Richard Halliburton and pilot Moye Stephens.

Hector International Airport

The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Clear Lake, Iowa, killing the 3 musicians and the pilot.

Herbert Dargue

On December 16, 1914, he flew a Burgess Model I seaplane with 1st Lt. Joseph O. Mauborgne of the Signal Corps as his radio operator, making the first two-way communication by radio telegraphy between a ground station and an airplane in flight.

Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula

The peninsula is named for Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, the pilot of Ellsworth's flight, whose demonstration of the practicability of landing and taking off an airplane in isolated areas constitutes a distinct contribution to the technique of Antarctic exploration.

House of Air

Built in 1921 the building originally served as a Crissy Field airplane hangar, which helped launch De Havilland DH-48 biplanes as part of the US Army 91st Observation Squadron.

How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life

On June 20, 2011, both of Viswanathan's parents were killed when their Cirrus SR22 airplane crashed and burned outside Columbus, Ohio.

Hurricane Carrie

An airplane belonging to Panair do Brasil passed within the vicinity of the vorticity and as a result reported the formation of a tropical storm.

Hydra Technologies Gavilán

Like the S4, this system is the result of a joint effort between the Mexican Federal Government, Nafinsa and academic or scientific institutions such as CONACYT, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and ITESO.

Kawasaki C-1

NAMC decided that Kawasaki Heavy Industries was to be the prime contractor, and the airplane thus bears that company's name.

Liberty Aerospace

The company produces one model, the Liberty XL2, an advanced two-seat touring aircraft based on the British-designed Europa homebuilt airplane.

Lingshui Li Autonomous County

Lingshui is also home to the military base where a U.S airplane crew were held during the Hainan Island incident in 2001.

Little Airplane Productions

Founded by Josh Selig in 1999, Little Airplane Productions created and produced Wonder Pets and Oobi! for Nick Jr. (TV channel), Go, Baby! & Emma's Theatre for Playhouse Disney, and 3rd & Bird for BBC's CBeebies and Disney Junior.

Nakajima J1N

The airplane was moved to the Air Materiel Depot at Middletown, Pennsylvania, on 23 January 1946.

Oschersleben

In the years previous to World War II Oschersleben expanded due to the airplane manufactory (AGO Flugzeugwerke) that was founded there and needed numerous workers.

Pavol Demitra

The airplane caught fire and crashed shortly after take-off, a mere 4 kilometers from the Tunoshna airport.

Pedro Borbón

Borbón was referenced in a joke in the movie Airplane! As Ted Striker's inner-dialogue is heard echoing in his mind, it resembles a stadium public address announcement, and he is heard thinking "Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbón...Manny Mota...Mota...Mota" (though Mota and Borbon never actually played on the same team).

Per Wimmer

After six days of trekking, Per & Ralph flew in a Pilatus Porter airplane to an altitude of 29,500 feet (ca. 9 km), just above the peak of Mount Everest and jumped out in -50°C and free fell for one minute before opening the parachute and landed at the Drop Zone at 12,350 feet (ca. 4 km).

Point Barrow

It is close to Rogers-Post Site, the scene of the airplane crash on August 15, 1935 that killed aviator Wiley Post and his passenger, the entertainer Will Rogers.

Raw Justice

Raw Justice also known as Good Cop, Bad Cop or Strip Girl is a 1994 film starring Stacy Keach, David Keith, Airplane! star Robert Hays and Pamela Anderson.

Saint-Victor, Quebec

A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot in World War II, he attacked a cargo ship along the Normandy coast, shot a Nazi airplane, and was credited for sinking a Nazi ship in the North Sea.

Signe Toly Anderson

She sang on the first Jefferson Airplane album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, most notably on the song "Chauffeur Blues".

Stearman C1

The Stearman C1 (or Stearman Sport Commercial Model 1) was the first type of airplane manufactured by the Stearman Aircraft Corporation.

The Condemned Village

During 1952, the rejection of the Stalin Note by the Western Powers prompted the East German government to block and fortify the country's western borders - and to destroy several adjacent villages in the process.

Thomas D. Milling

Milling reported to the 15th Cavalry at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in September 1909 but his tour of duty was cut short when War Department Special Order 95, dated April 21, 1911, assigned Milling and 2d Lt. Henry H. Arnold to "aeronautical duty with the Signal Corps," and instructed them to "proceed to Dayton, Ohio, for the purpose of undergoing a course of instruction in operating the Wright airplane."

Tomato juice

Among airplane passengers, tomato juice has an increased popularity, e.g. Lufthansa sold more than 1.7 million litres of tomato juice in 2008 - more than beer (at 1.65 million litre).

UC-61

Fairchild 24, an airplane with a United States military designation of "UC-61"

UC-92

Funk B, an airplane with a United States military designation of "UC-92"

Vern Clevenger

On April 13, 1977, Clevenger was arrested looting the crashed wreckage of a drug-smuggling airplane in Yosemite National Park.

Vincent Fayks Airport

It was named after the Polish pilot Vincent Fajks who crashed with co-pilot Ronald Kappel with their Aero Commander AC 520 (PZ-TAG) airplane at the site in October 1959, while trying to deliver building materials for the airport.

Virgin Oceanic

This time, the plan is for a sub that "flies" more akin to an airplane which should allow its solo pilot, Chris Welsh, to not only reach the deepest point on Earth, but to then "fly" along the bottom of the Trench for up to an additional 10 kilometers (6 mi).

Waterman Whatsit

The Whatsit was a swept-wing, tail-less airplane designed by Waldo Waterman between 1911 (when he first got the idea) and 1932 (when the prototype was finally in testing phase).

William R. Royal

He moved to Manatee County, Florida during the Great Depression and operated a passenger airplane service in the Bahamas and Cuba in the late 1930s.