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Contents:
- OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS
- GAY CAB CREW SECRETS OM THE MIDDLE EAST
- THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI
- ENOLA GAY
- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
- HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS
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The historic flight took off on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn raids, which are nsired one of the first major events of the gay rights and liberatn movement the flight parted Philalphia Internatnal Airport (PHL) for New York-LaGuardia (LGA) and was operated wh an Embraer E-190. Back 2016, now funct WOW Air gave an Airb A330-300 the registratn TF-GAY.
GAY CAB CREW SECRETS OM THE MIDDLE EAST
On Augt 6, 1945, the crew of a modified Boeg B-29 Superfortrs named Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ed warfare, lled “Ltle Boy,” on the cy of Hiroshima, Japan. * gay airplane *
When the airle started flyg to San Francis and took livery of a new A330, a gay pilot suggted the “GAY” registratn for a new plane, and management was immediately onboard wh the ncept.
A WOW Air A330 had the registratn TF-GAY. Many are unaware of the ia that Santos-Dumont was gay. The history of homosexualy and aviatn is not wily rearched or for that matter acknowledged, yet there is a rich history volvg this quiet group the field startg wh one of the first pneers.
The aviatn muny is startg to foc on this group of dividuals startg wh the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn (NGPA). Formed twenty years ago, the NGPA’s missn is to enurage gays and lbians to enter to the field of aviatn through tn, outreach programm and social events.
THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI
Enola Gay, the B-29 heavy bomber that was ed by the Uned Stat on Augt 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time the explosive vice had been ed on an enemy target, and stroyed most of the cy. The aircraft was named after the mother of pilot Pl Warfield Tibbets, Jr. * gay airplane *
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ENOLA GAY
After the Enola Gay beme the first plane to drop an atomic bomb — on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945 — the B-29 bomber stayed airborne. * gay airplane *
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
Dubai sticks out as one example of a cy that had a relatively well tablished gay scene.
HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
It was unrground and never advertised so you had to know the right people but this created a nice sense of muny – thk all-day all-gay yacht parti and all-night pool parti on the Palm. There were lots of gay only parti the airle acmodatn.