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We take a short break from coronavirus coverage and anxiety today to give a cheer for Pittsburgh International Airport, which is celebrating Women’s History Month by putting a statue of legendary traveler and early investigative journalist Nellie Bly in the terminal. Bly, the pen name for Elizabeth Seaman Cochran, grew up in Western Pennsylvania and […]

KLM, Royal Dutch Airways, turns 100 on October 7 and celebrations marking the milestone event are already underway. A great exhibit drawing from KLM’s extensive collection of more the 250,000 images has been on view at the Amsterdam City Archives. And on October 7, a hoopla event will take place in a KLM hangar at […]

Here's an aviation history quiz: What do the first major U.S. airshow, the first and only flight of the Spruce Goose and SpaceX have in common?
An aviation attraction built around the first 787 Dreamliner test plane has opened inside an airport in Japan.

We take a short break from coronavirus coverage and anxiety today to give a cheer for Pittsburgh International Airport, which is celebrating Women’s History Month by putting a statue of legendary traveler and early investigative journalist Nellie Bly in the terminal. Bly, the pen name for Elizabeth Seaman Cochran, grew up in Western Pennsylvania and […]

KLM, Royal Dutch Airways, turns 100 on October 7 and celebrations marking the milestone event are already underway. A great exhibit drawing from KLM’s extensive collection of more the 250,000 images has been on view at the Amsterdam City Archives. And on October 7, a hoopla event will take place in a KLM hangar at […]

Here's an aviation history quiz: What do the first major U.S. airshow, the first and only flight of the Spruce Goose and SpaceX have in common?
An aviation attraction built around the first 787 Dreamliner test plane has opened inside an airport in Japan.
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