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Free Valentines at Denver International Airport

01/22/09
It’s never too early to plan for Valentine’s Day. And to get you in the mood, the folks at Denver International Airport have unveiled a new exhibit. Included are Victorian-era Valentine’s cards, historical photographs, memorabilia and artwork by artists from Loveland, the Colorado town with the famous post office that puts a special cachet stamp →

Whatever happened to D.B. Cooper?

12/01/08
D.B. Cooper was one guy who wasn’t going to get stuck at the airport. Or on an airplane. Back in 1971, he hijacked a plane flying from Portland to Seattle and demanded a flight to Mexico, four parachutes – and $200,000. Cooper bailed out somewhere over southwest Washington – and disappeared. Over the weekend, folks →

Planning your inauguration day trip

11/09/08
Planning to be in D.C. for the festivities surrounding the January 20th swearing-in of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States? Getting plane tickets is going to be the least of your problems. Hotels rates will be outrageous. Streets will be crowded. Restaurants will be full. Getting tickets to anything official →

Time travel: Delta and Northwest merger

10/31/08
Lots of news stories out this week about the official merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines. And that gave Marie Force, Delta’s Archives Manager, an excuse to poke around the Northwest Airlines site for her regular Friday entry on the Delta blog. She discovered that ‘Northwest’s many contributions range from the first closed-cabin →

Air France turns 75. See the home movies.

10/02/08
Air France has been gearing up for October 7th, which will mark the airline’s 75th anniversary. As part of the celebration, the airline has been posting some great archival material on its website. Included are 10 short videos about the airline’s history. Set to jaunty music, each video combines images from the past and the →
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