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Memorial Day 2024: List of Bay Area events to honor veterans and fallen soldiers
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoALAMEDA: The USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum will be holding its annual Memorial Day ceremony...
Bette Nash, who held the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoBy 1955, more people in the US traveled by air than by train, and by 1957, airplanes had also...
California 'cloud brightening study' isn't a health risk, a new report confirms
Fast Company Magazine· 3 days agoAfter being halted over safety concerns, a study related to cloud brightening—a form of...
Did you know Amelia Earhart once called Des Moines home? Where she lived:
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAfter that first flight she declared: "As soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly,"...
Fleet Week underway in NYC
WBGO-FM Newark· 5 days agoFolks gathered along the Hudson River to see the enormous USS Bataan dock right next to the U.S. Intrepid Sea Air and Space ...
Gary Kelly To Receive The 2024 L. Welch Pogue Trophy
Aviation Week· 6 days agoWASHINGTON—Former Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly has been named this year’s recipient of the L. Welch Pogue Award for his lifetime contributions to the global air transport industry. Kelly ...
SpaceX Dragon joins Mercury and Apollo capsules on display in Chicago
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA twice-flown SpaceX capsule has debuted at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago,...
Art Bites: Was Leonardo da Vinci the Original Bird Lady? | Artnet News
Artnet News· 4 days agoLeonardo da Vinci was a pioneering painter and inventor—and, perhaps, bird lady. Avians appear in a...
5/22/1906: Wright Brothers' “Flying Machine” Patent
Airways· 5 days agoToday, in 1906, the Wright brothers were granted U.S. Patent 821,393 for their “Flying Machine” with the help of an Ohio patent attorney. In 1902, the...
5/20/1932: First Female Solo Transatlantic Flight
Airways· 7 days agoToday, in 1932, Amelia Earhart took off on her solo, nonstop, flight across the Atlantic, becoming the first woman, and the only person since Charles...
