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Tag Archives: aviation
New Hampshire Missing Places: Daniel Webster Airways, Merrimack
During the Town of Merrimack’s Bicentennial Celebration, my grandmother, Mattie (Kilborn) Webster helped to research, write, and also to compile the stories of others, for the historical presentations on 30 June 1946. She kept a notebook, and in cursive handwriting … Continue reading
New Hampshire’s Aviation Museum: A Bridge Between Past and Present
A building seemingly tucked away at the edge of the Manchester-Boston Airport runway holds many keys to New Hampshire’s aviation past, and I suspect also has great significance for its future. I had the wonderful opportunity to tour there today, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Aviation, Structures, Travel
Tagged air field, Air Force, airbase, airplane, architecture, art deco, artifacts, aviation, Grenier, history, museum, NH, squadron, WASP
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Concord New Hampshire Educator & Astronaut, Sharon Christa (Corrigan) McAuliffe (1948-1986)
January 28, 2011 will mark the 25th anniversary of a tragedy–the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
That event took the life of… Continue reading
Posted in Irish in New Hampshire, New Hampshire Aviation, New Hampshire Women
Tagged astronaut, aviation, Challenger, Christa, education, McAuliffe, shuttle, space, teacher
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New Hampshire Missing Places: Grenier Field (or Grenier Air Base)
Back in the 1940s and 1950s residents would frequently hear airplanes and jets roar across the skies of southern New … Continue reading
Posted in Military of New Hampshire, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Aviation
Tagged air base, airplane, aviation, base, Field, fliers, flight, Grenier, pilot
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