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Airport Amenity of the Week: My First Flight Buttons

Airport Amenity of the Week: My First Flight Buttons

08/28/24
Whether you’re a kid or an adult, your first flight on an airplane is a big deal. Virginia’s Norfolk International Airport (ORF) gets that. And, clearly, the folks who work at the airport remember that scared, giddy feeling of taking that first flight. Like many other airports, ORF is on target to break passenger records […]

Happy First Flight Day!

12/17/08
Today’s history moment is brought to you by the Library of Congress, which reminds us that: In the morning of December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took turns piloting and monitoring their flying machine in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville piloted the first flight that lasted just twelve seconds. On the fourth and […]