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On-line museums of interest to air travelers

07/22/08
Hooray! The summer 2008 edition of the MOOM – the Museum of Online Museums – has been posted. Pretty much everything on the list, from the Virtual Typewriter Museum to the Museum of Corporate Neckties (yes, there are airline ties in there) is pretty special. But since this is a blog about (mostly…) airports and […]

Daring man in his flying machine

06/27/08
What a thrill it would have been to be at Niagara Falls on this day back in 1911. That’s when 150,000 people watched aviation daredevil Lincoln J Beachey fly his Curtiss pusher biplane over Horseshoe Falls, underneath the steel International Bridge, and down the Niagara River gorge. It was the first time someone had “pierced […]

Think your plane flight is too long?

06/23/08
The folks at AASHTO, the American Assoc. of State Highway and Transportation Officials, remind us that on June 23, 1931, aviation pioneer Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty set out on a record-breaking flight. Traveling in Post’s single-engine monoplane, nicknamed Winnie Mae in honor of Post’s daughter, the daring duo left Roosevelt Field in New […]

Hopped up about “The Lineman”

03/16/08
If you find yourself flying into or out of New York’s Albany International Airport anytime soon, leave time to explore the airport’s top notch art and history exhibits and do some shopping at Departure, the airport shop filled with items from more than 60 regional museums and cultural institutions. While you’re there, consider a side-trip […]
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