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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 →

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?

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.

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

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 →

Tour the ‘secret’ SFO Museum facility

06/11/24
Yesterday we shared a video from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SFO) featuring the real-life magician pictured in the 180-foot-long “High Wire” mural from the airport’s art collection. In that video, we get the answer to the riddle: How is a magic trick like an airport? Today we’re sharing a charming video from San Francisco International Airport →

It’s official. And controversial. Oakland Int’l Airport’s new name

05/14/24
Over the strong objections of San Francisco International Airport (SFO), last week the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners went ahead and unanimously voted to change the name of “Metropolitan Oakland International Airport” to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.” The airport’s three-letter code (OAK) and its logo are not changing. But if you go to →
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