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Pearl Harbor attack changed the tone of Morrison Field news magazine
This is the third of four columns visiting the 1941 weekly news magazines of Morrison Field, now Palm Beach International Airport. You can read every page on HistoricPalmBeach.com. These snippets are...
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Blast from the past: Today, bugler is 90
For the last three weeks, we’ve revisited Morrison Field, now Palm Beach International Airport, while it was a World War II Army base. Our time machine: a dozen weekly base news magazines loaned to us...
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This week in history: Morrison Field dedicated
On Dec. 19, 1936, the new West Palm Beach airport — “one of the best in the entire south” — was dedicated. The airport was named Morrison Field in honor of Grace K. Morrison, a licensed pilot and solo...
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Airport security was a novelty at Palm Beach International in 1972
Four uniformed Wackenhut employees screened Christmas travelers at Palm Beach International Airport, sifting through bags by hand and unwrapping Christmas gifts. Note the sign advertising $39 flights...
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This week in history: West Palm Beach flight to Bahamas crashes, killing 34
On Sept. 12, 1980, a chartered commuter plane on a gambling junket from West Palm Beach to Freeport, Grand Bahama, crashed into the ocean, killing all 34 aboard in the worst air disaster on a flight...
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This week in history: First Palm Beach County airport approved
On Sept. 20, 1929, the first airport in the Palm Beach area was officially recognized when the federal government approved a beacon and landing marker for Lightbown Municipal Airport. The airport,...
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We’ve often mentioned that – knock on wood – there’s never been a fatal commercial air crash at Palm Beach International Airport. Two military crashes in 1956 left eight dead. The first commercial...
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This week in history: Lantana Airport opens
The first plane landed on the newly paved runway at the Lantana Airport on Aug. 20, 1941. The airport, now known as Palm Beach County Park Airport, was expanded to accommodate civilian air traffic when...
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This week in history: New passenger terminal opens at Palm Beach...
Thousands of people attended the Oct. 23, 1988, dedication of the David McCampbell Terminal at Palm Beach International Airport, named for the World War II naval flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient...
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Tip leads to daughter of old drive-in’s owners
Katie Broucke Barrow, now 78, who grew up in Cloud Lake and lives just north of Palm Beach International Airport, saw our recent note asking for more details on “Terry’s,” the drive-in and bar in Glen...
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