Question: The High and the Mighty is a 1953 novel by Ernest K. Gann based on a real-life trip that he flew as a commercial airline pilot for Matson Lines , and was adapted into the WarnerColor" American "disaster" film, The High and the Mighty, released in which year?

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Frequent Flyer (film): Frequent Flyer is a 1996 made-for-TV movie starring Jack Wagner, Shelley Hack, Nicole Eggert, and Joan Severance about a commercial airline pilot and his attempt to be married to three different women at the same time.  The movie is based on the true story of commercial airline pilot (and later promoted to captain) John Charles Lutter (aka Jack Lutter, 1943 - ?) , who married six different women and fathered at least fifteen children.

Soldier of Fortune (1955 film): Soldier of Fortune is a 1955 adventure film about the rescue of an American prisoner in the People's Republic of China in the 1950s.  It was directed by Edward Dmytryk, starred Clark Gable and Susan Hayward, and was written by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1954 novel.

Esther Mbabazi: Esther Mbabazi is a professional commercial airline pilot in Rwanda, the fourth-largest economy in the East African Community.  She is the first female in Rwanda to become certified as a commercial airline pilot.  She flies for RwandAir, the national airline of Rwanda.

Judy Cameron: Judy Cameron (born 1954), is a Canadian retired commercial airline pilot.  She was the first Canadian woman pilot to fly for Air Canada, the second woman to fly for a Canadian commercial airline, the first Canadian female captain of a Boeing 767 and the first Canadian female captain of a Boeing 777.

The High and the Mighty (film): The High and the Mighty is a 1954 "WarnerColor" American "disaster" film in CinemaScope directed by William A. Wellman and written by Ernest K. Gann who also wrote the 1953 novel on which his screenplay was based.  The film's cast was headlined by John Wayne, who was also the project's co-producer.  Composer Dimitri Tiomkin won an Academy Award for his original score while his title song for the film also was nominated for an Oscar (although the title song did not actually appear in release prints nor in the recent restoration of the film).  The film received mostly positive reviews and grossed $8.5 million in its theatrical release.  The supporting cast includes Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris and Robert Newton.

Mar (boat): Mar is a sailing tour boat based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia and known for its literary and film associations.  "Mar" was built starting in 1957 and launched in 1959 at Frederikssund Boatbulding in Frederikssund, Denmark.  She was built for author Ernest K. Gann, author of several works including ""Song of the Sirens"", ""Twilight of the Gods"" and ""The High and the Mighty"".  She was then bought by Charles Tobias owner of Pusser's Rum Company and he used her in the filming of the 1976 film "The Way of the Wind".  The "Mar" was then purchased by Mar II Sailing Tours Ltd. based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1982 and she has been sailing there ever since, with the exception of some seven-day sailing excursions around the Caribbean in the 1980s.  The Mar has not only sailed to the Caribbean, she has sailed extensively around the tropics and also to the Arctic.  She has a sturdy design which has also allowed her to complete two circumnavigations of the globe when owned by Charles Tobias.

Island in the Sky (1953 film): Island in the Sky is a 1953 American aviation adventure drama film written by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1944 novel "Island in the Sky", directed by William A. Wellman, and starring and co-produced by John Wayne.  It was released by Warner Bros. Due to its realism depicting the events surrounding an actual aircraft crash, it is considered one of the "classic" aviation films.

The High and the Mighty (novel): The High and the Mighty is a 1953 novel by Ernest K. Gann based on a real-life trip that he flew as a commercial airline pilot for Matson Lines from Honolulu, Hawaii to Burbank, California.  It was adapted into a film of the same name.

Fate Is the Hunter: Fate is the Hunter is a 1961 memoir by aviation writer Ernest K. Gann.  It describes his years working as a pilot from the 1930s to 1950s, starting at American Airlines in Douglas DC-2s and DC-3s when civilian air transport was in its infancy, moving onto wartime flying in C-54s, C-87s, and Lockheed Lodestars, and finally at Matson Navigation's short-lived upstart airline and various post-World War II "nonscheduled" airlines in Douglas DC-4s.

Tony Jannus: Antony Habersack Jannus, more familiarly known as Tony Jannus (July 22, 1889 – October 12, 1916), was an early American pilot whose aerial exploits were widely publicized in aviation's pre-World War I period.  He flew the first airplane from which a parachute jump was made, in 1912.  Jannus was also the first airline pilot, having pioneered the inaugural flight of the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line on January 1, 1914, the first scheduled commercial airline flight in the world using heavier-than-air aircraft.  The "Tony Jannus Award", created to perpetuate his legacy, recognizes outstanding individual achievement in the scheduled commercial aviation industry and is conferred annually by the Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation Society founded in Tampa, Florida, in 1963.

Supporting paragraphs: The High and the Mighty (novel) The High and the Mighty (film)
Answer: 1954