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A Norwegian view of Aviation Geekfest 2013

03/10/13

More than 200 people from around the region – and around the world – recently attended Aviation Geekfest 2013 in Seattle. Over the past few years this annual event has grown tremendously in scope and attendance and this year offered aviation fans a chance to visit the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Boeing’s Renton 737 →

Sloths, speedways and fairways: before they were airports

02/20/13

I had way too much fun putting together this story – Sloths, speedways and grave sites: Before they were Airports – for my February At the Airport column on USA Today, which ran along with a slide show of these and other “before” photos. (Be sure to look for the photo of an early LAX →

High Times: A History of Aviation

02/13/13

Here are some lovely images from High Times: A History of Aviation,a concertina-style book put together by Doris Freigofas and Daniel Dolz, illustrators who live and work in Berlin and work together as Golden Cosmos. Thank-you Nobrow Press for sharing the images from High Times: A History of Aviation →

In Alaska: goodbye sled dogs; hello airplanes.

02/09/13

One hundred years after the first powered flight in Alaska, the Anchorage Museum on Saturday opens a major exhibition celebrating the rich and remarkable stamp aviation has had on the Frontier State. That history began as a spectacle. In 1913, several Fairbanks merchants got together to ship a biplane from Seattle to Alaska by →

“Tales of an Unknown Aviator” at Portland Int’l Airport

08/28/12

An exhibition of “Tales of an Unknown Aviator,” a photo series by Julian Hibbard and Demetrious Noble, is now at Portland International Airport. The photos are of a series of model planes made to look both life-like and model-like, constructed by Chilean artist Luis Greenhill using recycled materials, including historic photographs and vintage encyclopedia sets, →

SKYGIRLS: the history of stewardesses

05/12/12

SKYGIRLS: the history of stewardesses →

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Airport exhibit celebrates history of Miami aviation

05/09/12

Airport exhibit celebrates history of Miami aviation →

The Beatles and JFK Airport

02/07/12

(Re-posting 2/7/12) Thanks to ThisDayin History.com for the reminder that on this day, February 7, back in 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport with its special cargo of Beatles. According to History.com: It was the first visit to the United States by →

The Flying Winnebago

12/16/11

Last June the RV industry celebrated its 100 anniversary and, for a story about the history of the RV industry that appeared on msnbc.com Travel, I visited the Recreational Vehicle/Manufactured Home Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Indiana. The museum displays the ‘house car’ Paramount Studios provided for movie star Mae West, a homemade →

Souvenir Sunday: Chicks fly in Sacramento

10/09/11

Souvenirs from the Aerospace Museum of California →

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