The local airport community has always been extremely generous when donating time and money to worthy causes at our airports and within the surrounding communities. This…
Author: Julia Lauria-Blum
Julia Lauria-Blum
Julia Lauria-Blum earned a degree in the Visual Arts at SUNY New Paltz. An early interest in women aviation pioneers led her to research the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WW II. In 2001 she curated the permanent WASP exhibit at the American Airpower Museum (AAM) in Farmingdale, NY, and later curated 'Women Who Brought the War Home, Women War Correspondents, WWII’ at the AAM. Julia is the former curatorial assistant at the Cradle of Aviation Museum and is currently an editor for Metropolitan Airport News.
Welcome to Metropolitan Airport News, ‘Editors Notebook’. I initially intended my first letter to be about my love of road trips and those that have taken…
When the Port Authority of NY & NJ first began its multi-billion-dollar redevelopment projects at New York metropolitan airports, beginning in 2016 with its groundbreaking at…
Behind every great aviation museum is a great curatorial staff and its volunteers. On Thursday, September 14, the curatorial staff and dedicated team of restoration volunteers…
The TWA Flight Center at JFK has always been an impressive piece of aviation history. From its opening in 1962, the terminal’s breathtaking architectural design and…
View Preview An Interview With Helena Williams, CEO, JFK Millennium Partners With a career spanning over 30 years in a variety of leadership roles in government…
When William E. Boeing left Yale University in 1903 at 22 and went west to start a new life in Grays Harbor, Washington, for opportunities in…
Dogs and humans have shared an extraordinary bond for thousands of years. DNA evidence has shown that dogs are descended from ancient wolves and were domesticated…
For those who love aviation, it enters their lives in its own special way and through their own unique experience. From the first moment humankind gazed…
A Collaboration of Art at LaGuardia & Newark Liberty International Airports Public art in airports; in addition to aesthetics, the value of having works of art…