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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 […]

Surf’s Up at John Wayne Airport (JWA)

08/15/08
An exhibit about southern California surfing history has rolled into John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, California. Titled, “California’s Orange Coast: 42 Miles of Tradition and Lore,” and sponsored by the Surfing Heritage Foundation, the exhibit uses maps, artifacts and photographs to explore the role surfing has played in Orange County over the past […]

Happy Birthday to the First Lady of Flight

07/24/08
Amelia Earhart, one of the world’s most famous aviators, was born on this day in Atchison, Kansas in 1898. You can learn all about “the Golden Girl of Aviation,” or “Lady Lindy,” and see statues of her in various spots around the country, including the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison and at the Bob […]
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