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Stuck at the Airport: Friday Round-up

Happy Friday. We’re ending the week here at Stuck at The Airport with some tidbits that caught our attention, like this #TBT – “Throwback Thursday” – tweet from O’Hare International Airport

In 1955, O’Hare officially opens to commercial air traffic; the airport serves 176,902 passengers in its first year. Photo series on display in T3 (L Stinger) “Evolution of O’Hare” exhibit. #ORD #DidYouKnow #TBT pic.twitter.com/4yMP2tuNUT
— O'Hare Intl. Airport (@fly2ohare) February 25, 2021

And this #TBT tweet from Houston’s Hobby Airport (HOU)

Now this is an oldie 📸 #tbt pic.twitter.com/cMFrtmZtzm
— Hobby Airport (@HobbyAirport) February 26, 2021

All month long, we’re been paying attention to – and learning from – the tweets from St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) highlighting the people featured on the airport’s Black Americans in Flight mural.

STL celebrates Black Americans in Flight during Black History Month. On this date in 1923, Tuskegee Airman Clarence "Lucky" Lester was born. His portrait is located in STL’s Black Americans in Flight mural. The artwork is also online at: https://t.co/wnrLroqfso pic.twitter.com/YjtSNJqKFQ
— STL Airport (@flystl) February 23, 2021

We’re sad we missed seeing this exhibit at Orlando International Airport (MCO).

Last days to visit the exhibit: “Twenty Years Bold: Wells’Built Museum of African American History & Culture” featuring artworks from the local museum, in celebration of Orlando’s African American Heritage. #BHM
🎨 Located at our Main Terminal, near Checkpoint for Gates 70-129 pic.twitter.com/vagBmtz7HB
— Orlando International Airport (@MCO) February 25, 2021

And we’re impressed that Delta’s Flight Museum is being used as a mass vaccination site in Georgia.

Our Delta Flight Museum, which opened in 1941 as our first aircraft hangar, is taking on a new challenge as it now houses one of the largest vaccination sites in Georgia. pic.twitter.com/oOCCFHlY8B
— Delta (@Delta) February 25, 2021