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    • Aug 13, 1972
    The wing of a plane carrying Johnny Cash brushes the ground while landing in Erie, Pennsylvania. Spooked by the incident, Cash abandons his flight and charters a bus to ride to Nashville
    Aug 26, 1974
    Aviator Charles Lindbergh dies in Kipahulu, Hawaii. The first pilot to fly solo from New York to Paris, he was mentioned in Bill Anderson's 1970 country hit "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone"
    Feb 25, 1975
    Police in Denver search Jerry Lee Lewis' airplane for drugs after it arrives at the airport. He is watched by police for the remainder of his one-week stay in the city
    Apr 17, 1975
    Elvis Presley purchases a Convair 880 jet from Delta Airlines and names it the Lisa Marie. It costs $250,000, and he spends another $350,000 in a makeover, including a stereo system with 52 speakers
    Aug 3, 1975
    Elvis Presley puts down a $26,000 deposit to buy a second airplane
    Aug 15, 1975
    Elvis Presley buys a second airplane, an Aero Jet Commander, for $508,000
    Sep 2, 1975
    Six days after selling a Jet Commander aircraft he purchased in August, the hospitalized Elvis Presley buys a Lockheed JetStar for $900,000
    Sep 29, 1975
    Earl Scruggs suffers head injuries, facial cuts, a broken nose and broken ankle when the plane he pilots crashes while landing in East Nashville
    Nov 10, 1975
    Elvis Presley's airplane, the Lisa Marie, is delivered
    Dec 25, 1975
    Elvis Presley takes his friends for a ride in his new airplane, the Lisa Marie, then gives them all jewelry after returning to the ground



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