This week in aviation history features the worst aircraft disaster and the death of Wiley Post.
August 3, 1981: U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike.
August 5, 1969: The U.S. space probe Mariner 7 transmitted pictures of Mars.
August 7, 1959: The United States launched Explorer 6, which sent back a picture of Earth.
August 12, 1985: In the world's worst single-aircraft disaster, a Japan Air Lines 747 crashed into Mount Osutaka, killing 520 of the 524 aboard.
August 15, 1935: Aviator Wiley Post and actor Will Rogers were killed in a plane crash.