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This weeks pondering's discusses airports throughout Alberta and how they operated.
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This weeks pondering's discusses airports throughout Alberta and how they operated.
Almost exactly 96 years ago, Amelia Earhart had lunch in Butler County. We know, because we have a record of her short layover at the Pittsburgh-Butler Airport on Oct. 13, 1929. Earhart, then, as now,...
With the riddle of her last flight now seemingly solved, attention may focus on how the pioneer pilot defied 'the inheritance of age-old customs that women are bred to timidity'
The pioneering aviatrix was trying to become the first woman to fly around the globe when her plane vanished close to Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
On this day in history, Aug. 24, 1932, Amelia Earhart flew solo across the U.S. nonstop — becoming the first woman to do so. Here are details about her remarkable flight and its aftermath.