July 9, 1982: "You're sinking, Don...come on back."

Remembering those who died in the Pan Am 759 disaster, which occurred on July 9, 1982.

The 727-235 (N4737), the "Clipper Defiance," crashed about a minute after rotation, the victim of extreme windshear.  

153 people were killed: 145 on the plane, and 8 on the ground.

The NTSB report on Pan American Flight 759

Critter 592 Needs An Immediate Return To Miami

In Memoriam

ValuJet 592
which crashed into the Florida Everglades on May 11, 1996
110 people perished

The Valujet 592 Memorial, located roughly six miles from the crash site
Photo by Dean S. Lautermilch

The ATC/CVR transcript for 592

From 1967: Pay No Worship To The Garish Sun

When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun.
William Shakespeare

On December 9, 1967, Redding and his backup band, The Bar-Kays, made an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio on the local "Upbeat" television show. This recording is of that performance.

The next afternoon, December 10, 1967, Redding, his manager, the pilot, and four members of The Bar-Kays were killed when Redding's Beechcraft 18 airplane crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin.

The cause of the crash was never precisely determined.

All hail, The King of Soul.

From 1966: Otis, Go-Go Dancers, And White People With A Pathetic Sense Of Rhythm

Ready, Steady, Go!

1966

The man had so much soul in him, it was a felony.

Remembering Otis