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Why Celebrating Amelia Earhart Sends the Wrong Message to the Women of Tomorrow

Today is Amelia Earhart’s birthday. She is remembered because she was lost.

I have a bone to pick with Amelia.

Not because she disappeared, but because while she was with us she gave the worst possible advice to a young girl thinking of a future career in aviation: “perfect yourself in secretarial work and obtain a position on the ‘fringes,’relying on your ability and desire in order to succeed.”

President John F. Kennedy speaking at Rice University, Public Domain

We Choose To Go To the Moon, Remembering JFK

Today we mark the birthday of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. A man with unique vision and determination.

Thanks to him, humanity got to the moon and back. Admittedly, it was a reaction to the challenge of the advancing Russian Aerospace program. But rising up to meet challenges is what it takes to advance technology and reach the pinnacle of human endeavours.

Turkish Airlines Debuts World’s First Live Broadcasted Flight

Turkish Airlines proves its Social Media genius again by becoming, not only the first airline, but the first brand to hold a live Periscope broadcast event. It features cabin crew adventures, in flight and on the ground, and earned the airline 5,118 new followers and 292,779 total likes.

Not a bad way to take-off on the platform.

Flight Chic is on Periscope (@designerjet) too. You may have missed the tour of the SITA Air Transport Information Summit ATIS2105 (my first broadcast). I can’t boast anything near Turkish Airlines’ numbers, but I have more special broadcasts planned this year. Keep an eye out for those!

As Airbus Looks Forward to $4.6 Trillion Future, Boeing says more like $5.2 Trillion

Airbus predicts that commercial aviation will need 31,000 new aircraft with 100-seat or greater capacity, a market worth $4.6 Trillion over the next twenty years. It attributes this demand to growing passenger traffic.

Boeing projects new commercial aircraft demand to be worth $5.2 Trillion over the next twenty years, consisting of 36,770 new aircraft.