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California’s Long Beach Airport celebrates its centennial with cool posters

California’s Long Beach Airport celebrates its centennial with cool posters

07/24/24
To celebrate its centennial year, California’s Long Beach Airport (LGB) is releasing a series of four vintage-style posters that are sure to be collectible. The first poster, pictured above, is titled “Early Days of Aviation.” This poster celebrates the early 1900s when Long Beach’s sandy shoreline served as the runway. In this poster, onlookers are amazed as […]
CrowdStrike airline waiver policies still in effect – at Delta Air Lines

CrowdStrike airline waiver policies still in effect – at Delta Air Lines

07/23/24
There are still some system-wide airline cancelations and delays due to the CrowdStrike IT outage, but many airlines are back on track. Delta Air Lines, though, is still having major issues getting things back on track. On its website, Delta says:   “Delta people worked Monday to get the airline’s complex global operation back on […]
New artwork honors Amelia Earhart

New artwork honors Amelia Earhart

07/11/24
Aviation icon Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937 and there is new artwork honoring her life and her achievements. In Derry, Northern Ireland, the North Carolina street artist Jeks was comissioned to paint a giant mural honoring Earhart on the side of a building at North West Regional College. Earhart […]
Did you miss World UFO Day?

Did you miss World UFO Day?

07/02/24
Don’t worry if you missed the opportunity to celebrate World UFO Day with your space alien pals. They’ll be back. And when they do, it’s a good bet they’ll arrive at an airport near you. (Image up top courtesy of SFO Museum)
Smoking in airports. Where you can still light up.

Smoking in airports. Where you can still light up.

07/01/24
Smoking on airplanes flying to, from or within the United States has been banned since 2000. Most airports in the United States are completely smoke-free. But there are still a few US Airports where you can still light up. Smoking at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas At Harry Reid International Airport in Las […]
Should there be a National Museum of Pop Culture? + a PDX airport trial run

Should there be a National Museum of Pop Culture? + a PDX airport trial run

06/26/24
Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), home to exhibits and experiences celebrating rock and roll music, science fiction and other expressions of popular culture, wants to The National Museum of Pop Culture. And this week a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives to get the process in […]
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