Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

Brussels Airlines supports International Women’s Day.

With an all-female crew, Brussels Airlines flight SN3597 operated by Airbus A319 registered OO-SSS is on its way from Brussels to Marseille.

Captain Ann and First Officer Mio take place in the cockpit. Purser Vanessa and cabin crew members Aurélie and Katrien take care of the service and safety in the cabin. With this symbolic flight, Brussels Airlines wants to draw extra attention to gender equality in aviation.

Source: www.aviation24.be

Star Alliance Named Airline Alliance of the Year at Air Transport Awards 2022.

Continued industry leadership on the backbone of its commitment to enhancing customer experience.

News released at Singapore and Ekali, Greece – February 11, 2022. 

Star Alliance has been named Airline Alliance of the Year at the Air Transport Awards for the fourth consecutive time. The Air Transport Awards recognize excellence and innovation in various categories of the global aviation sector.

A panel of aviation industry experts selected Star Alliance in recognition of its exceptional contribution to the future of air travel.

Source: www.staralliance.com

Terry Baker recalls this embarrassing incident –

One of my computer programming tasks while working in Computer & Systems at Dorval was to produce a report of inventory movements. To test my program, view the output and avoid  including 'YUL' in the search criteria for the report (normal output to the buyers and expeditors in the department), I had my test output directed to DVL, short for Dorval naturally!

Horror upon horrors when I found out that the IATA code DVL was already assigned to Devils Lake Regional Airport.

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has selected Wally Funk as the recipient of the 2021 Katherine and Marjorie Stinson Trophy.

Funk was chosen for “blazing trails for women in aviation and spaceflight and inspiring the next generation of aerospace professionals as a pioneering member of the Mercury 13, flight instructor, air safety investigator, and the oldest woman to fly in space.”

One of thirteen women to complete Lovelace’s Woman in Space Program, which tested women pilots for astronaut fitness in the early 1960's, Funk is also the first woman to serve as an Air Safety Investigator with the NTSB, has soloed more than 700 students and was a member of the first crewed suborbital mission of Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule. 

Source: AVweb.com

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