The annual Canadian Maple Wings Association Spring Luncheon for both Vancouver "Western Arrow" Chapter & Victoria "Dogwood" Chapter is on June 23rd in Victoria. Hosted by the "Dogwood" Chapter.
Frontier Airlines made history when they hired Emily Howell Warner on January 29, 1973. She was the first woman airline pilot hired by a U.S. commercial airline.
On February 11, 1958, Ruth Carol Taylor was hired by Mohawk Airlines, becoming the first African-American flight attendant in the United States.
On May 20th 1932, Amelia Earhart became only the second person to fly across the Atlantic from west to east, and the first women to do so. In her Vega aircraft she was heading for Paris from Newfoundland, but her instruments malfunctioned and she ended up in a farmers field in Ireland.
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Alan Evans, in South Africa, sends us this photo. How to maintain a healthy level of insanity in retirement. Myself and a couple of friends off to the pub in my 1926 Armstrong Siddeley “Mendip” for a sundowner. |
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In the preliminary list of planes to be moved to the $31 million pavilion in the article below, it does not include the one-time TCA-operated and TCA–schemed-after-restoration Super-Connie, but I suspect (in fact, I'm fairly certain) that she will be included. The trans-con trucking effort and costs after the restoration in NY state, and the beauty of this unique classic airliner, certainly warrants this weather protection. I also attached larger set of photos of this Super Connies post-restoration disassembly and trucking across the continent to Seattle. |
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