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Louisville Muhammad Ali Int’l Airport turns 75

11/27/22
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a special banner exhibit, “SDF Through the Years,” in the Jerry E. Abramson Terminal. The 13-banner exhibit features historical photos from the 1940s tothe present and includes images of visits by United States Presidents, celebrities, as well as key airport partners such as →

Aviation History exhibit at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

11/16/22
November is Aviation History Month. And that means it’s a good time to look at aviation history displays at airports around the country. First stop: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX). There, the Phoenix Airport Museum presents numerous history displays. And exhibits are pre-security. Even better, the airport museum has a new Aviation History Guide →

National Aviation Day Celebrations

08/21/22
August 19 was National Aviation Day. The holiday first established in 1939 honors the development of aviation and pioneers of flight. And it also marks Orville Wright’s birthday. Here’s a fun, history-filled, and (don’t tell anyone) educational round-up of some tweets celebrating the day. We start and end the list with Mineta San Jose International →

Stuck at the Airport: Travel Tidbits

10/25/21
Clyde Pangborn’s Uneaten Sandwich An old, stale sandwich locked away in a Washington state museum is drawing fresh attention to an aviation daredevil and the 90th anniversary of a record-setting flight. The sandwich is said to have traveled with Clyde “Upside-Down” Pangborn. But when? It could have been in 1926, when he was wowing spectators →

Airports, airplanes & Alexander Calder

07/23/21
July 22 was artist Alexander Calder’s birthday, giving us an excuse to share some photos of his work in airports and on airplanes. The photo above is of Calder in 1957 inspecting the installation of his work originally titled .125, after the gauge of the aluminum elements in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International →
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