His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered from an airplane over Broadway in Manhattan by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker on December 18, 1946.

Eddie Rickenbacker ( with W. Kiernan, 1942 )

* 1890 – Eddie Rickenbacker, American fighter pilot and airline executive ( d. 1973 )

This was done probably in order to avoid German connotations in light of the recently concluded First World War as well as to capitalize on Adolph's distant relation to World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker.

* July 27 – Eddie Rickenbacker, American World War I flying ace and race car driver ( b. 1890 )

Left to right: Mayor John L. Davie, unknown, Eddie Rickenbacker, John M. Larsen ( aircraft salesman ), partially obscured unknown man, Bertrand Blanchard Acosta | Bert Acosta ( in cavalry boots ), J. J. Rosborough ( postmaster ), unknown.

In 1938, the airline was purchased by World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker from General Motors.

Due to the efforts of Eddie Rickenbacker, Eastern Air Lines provided the United States with aircraft and personnel.

Shortly after that " Captain Eddie " Rickenbacker retired and a new image was adopted, which included the now famous hockey stick design which is officially Caribbean Blue over Ionosphere Blue.

* Eddie Rickenbacker and his wife Adelaide

He also loved flying, and owned among other aircraft a 1945 Stearman tail number N3188 ( his student number in reform school ), a 1946 Piper J3 Cub, and an award-winning 1931 Pitcairn PA-8 biplane, once flown as part of the U. S. Mail Service by famed World War I flying ace, Eddie Rickenbacker.

After purchasing the Speedway in 1927, Eddie Rickenbacker prohibited supercharging and increased the displacement limit to, while also re-introducing the riding mechanic.

Upon matching the record of 26 kills held by America's top World War I ace, Eddie Rickenbacker, Foss was accorded the honor of becoming America's first " ace-of-aces " in World War II.

However, according to Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century, by W. David Lewis, his father died after an altercation with another man in Columbus.

Rickenbacker became well known as a race car driver, competing in the Indianapolis 500 four times before World War I, and earning the nickname " Fast Eddie ".

Eddie Rickenbacker, United States Army Air Service, c. 1919

Eddie Rickenbacker in his SPAD S. XIII

Recognized as one of the top American combat airmen of the war alongside aces such as his good friend, Eddie Rickenbacker, he was probably the best-known American in Europe.

Shaw was shocked at the state of the Speedway and contacted owner Eddie Rickenbacker, only to discover that it was for sale.

Cap ' n Eddie's name was a spoof of decorated World War I flying ace, Eddie Rickenbacker.

On 14 April 1918, Tennessee Guardsman Reed Chambers flew with Eddie Rickenbacker and David Peterson of the 94th Pursuit Squadron from Villeneuve, France on the first combat mission ever ordered by an American commander of a U. S. squadron of American pilots.

This was also promoted by Eastern Air Lines, led by then chairman Eddie Rickenbacker who sought to make Raleigh-Durham a stop on the airline's New York-Miami route.

The flag of the United States was presented to the City of Tallahassee by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I fighter ace and Chairman of the Board of Eastern Airlines.

* Chevrolet's second Indianapolis winner, driven by Tommy Milton in 1921, with Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Arthur William Sidney Herrington, Louis Schwitzer and C. W. Van Ranst.

After the special, the movie Best Defense which starred Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy aired which began after Carlton's second ident, with the Cadets of the Royal Navy, saying the slogan, was shown.

* December 23 – Eddie August Schneider dies in crash when his plane is clipped by a U. S. Navy bomber at Floyd Bennett Field.

* November 13 – A U. S. Navy OS2U Kingfisher floatplane rescues U. S. World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker and two other survivors of a ditched B-17D Flying Fortress from a life raft.

" The earliest known use of the phrase was by Navy football coach Eddie Erdelatz after a scoreless tie against Duke in 1953.

Stone was a pivotal figure in the establishment and development of aviation for the Coast Guard and the Navy and was a favorite of many of the famous aviation figures of the day, including Eddie Rickenbacker, aircraft designers Anthony Fokker, Igor Sikorsky, and Alexander P. de Seversky.

A dead " redshirt ", Leslie ( Star Trek ) | Lt. Leslie ( Eddie Paskey ), in the Star Trek: The Original Series | Star Trek episode " Obsession ( Star Trek ) | Obsession " ( 1967 )

The other principal or notable cast members in the original production were: Anybodys: Lee Becker, Riff: Michael Callan, A-Rab: Tony Mordente, Action: Eddie Roll, Big Deal: Martin Charnin, Gee-Tar: Tommy Abbott ; Velma: Carole D ' Andrea, Bernardo: Ken Le Roy, Chino: Jamie Sanchez, Nibbles: Ronnie Lee ; Rosalia: Marilyn Cooper, Consuelo: Reri Grist, Teresita: Carmen Gutierrez, Francisca: Elizabeth Taylor ; Lt. Schrank: Arch Johnson, Doc: Art Smith, and Krupke: William Bramley.

The episode also is the first time long-running background actor Eddie Paskey appeared ; his character would later be identified as Lt. Leslie.

* Eddie Velez as Lt. Ricardo Columa, a right-wing military and political leader.

Eddie Rickenbacker, and the 27th Pursuit Squadron, which had " balloon buster " 1st Lt. Frank Luke as one of its pilots, achieved distinguished records in combat and remained a permanent part of the air forces.

* Bill Nunn as Lt. Eddie Souther

The twist lay in using Bing Crosby's voice on the sound track while leading man Eddie Bracken mouthed the words.

Builder Eddie Carr of Washington, past president of NAHB, cut his bricklaying costs $150 a house by adopting the `` SCR masonry process '' worked out after careful time-&-motion studies by the Structural Clay Products Research Foundation to help bricklayers do better work for less.

'' My impassioned plea for civil rights created a landslide of correspondence and one sponsor even asked me to consider replacing the Eddie Cantor comedy hour on a permanent basis.

Only Bucky Harris, the `` boy-manager '' of Washington in 1924, and Eddie Dyer of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1946 had accomplished the feat.

Then there is a matchmaker, one Mikeen Flynn, a role for which Eddie Foy was happily selected.

This was a continuation of a good idea which was first tried out Saturday night when the Eddie Stack group, also local talent, went on first.

Eddie Lee, Riverside's redheaded playing manager, ran after the ball but it rolled past him.

Eddie caught up with the ball near the fence and threw it to Phil.

Eddie shouted.

Eddie Lee moved over to Mike Deegan's side.

The Anniston manager looked at Eddie Lee.

Eddie Lee had not come in yet.

But before anything could happen Frankie Ricco was between them and Eddie Lee had come into the dressing room.

`` Phil, come into my office '', Eddie said.

Phil followed Eddie into the office and shut the door.

`` I'm doing you a favor '', Eddie said quickly.

`` The best thing for you to do '', Eddie said, `` is go home.

`` No '', Eddie said.

`` Sit down, sit down '', Eddie said.

Eddie Lee leaned forward over the desk.

Phil shook his head and Eddie frowned.

Phil started to say something but Eddie cut him short.

Eddie stood up abruptly, then sat down just as abruptly.

`` I think you're wrong, Eddie '', he said finally.

Eddie nodded.