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Contents:

• ICELANDIC AIRLE ANNOUNC ONE OF ITS AIRPLAN IS GAY
• DIPLO ALLEGEDLY CAME OUT AND TOLD HIS FANS HE ‘MIGHT BE GAY’
• THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI
• WHERE IS THE ENOLA GAY TODAY?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
• THE INLIBLE ENOLA GAY
• CARTOONIST CREAT BIZARRE COMIC CLAIMG GAY MARRIAGE "WON'T FLY", LEGEND TAK TO FLIGHT SIMULATOR TO PROVE HIM WRONG
• HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
• AIRLE BOTCH PRO-GAY AD, PROV MARRIAGE IS ONLY BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN
• HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE

ICELANDIC AIRLE ANNOUNC ONE OF ITS AIRPLAN IS GAY

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. But some look like offensive clunkers now: the ethnic stume on the Air Israel jet seemed stunngly anti-semic*; the mcg gay guy at the airport was a homophobic riture; and the flatable topilot gropg Lorna Patterson's breasts was classic misogyny. And how several jok are at the expense of women, people of lor, war veterans, relig groups, and gays.

The pany has gotten the hab of namg s new plan after members of a fay un–MOM, DAD, SIS, BRO, SON, KID–and to reflect the morn fay they cid to add “GAY” to their fleet. WOW's cisn to name one of s brightly lored plan GAY (TF-GAY is the official name of the pany's new Airb A330) was also spired by the route that the new plane will take, om Iceland to San Francis. WOW CEO Skúli Mogensen (right) told gay Iceland, “We wholeheartedly support queer people's fight for rights.

Mogensen says he's not aaid of any backlash he might experience for christeng his ‘gay' plane: “If I were worried or sred of what people might say about me or what I do, then WOW air wouldn't exist.

DIPLO ALLEGEDLY CAME OUT AND TOLD HIS FANS HE ‘MIGHT BE GAY’

“Dear Colomb and Mneapolis, my jet wdow jt cracked open, and the pilots are wearg masks so not sure ill make my shows tonight, ” he wrote, before ntug: “Also I never told you this, but I might be gay.

He later updated the post to rm his fans know he was safe, wrg: “We land and no one died I still might be gay, but I’m fely not gog to tye die any more jets.

THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI

Some thk the remark was a reference to the famo turbulence scene the film Almost Famo, where a character clar “I’m gay! In 2016, he tweeted he was “half gay” — which some fans thought meant he’s bisexual – and when someone qutned his sexualy earlier this year, he ankly answered: “Masculy is a prison. The Gay-Friendlit Airl the SkiThis post ntas referenc to products om one or more of our advertisers.

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WHERE IS THE ENOLA GAY TODAY?

While we n never top the always-hilar Pam Ann's A-to-Z Airle Gui, here's a look at the gay-iendlit airl the THAT's a iendly sky! In the hands of another pany, s 2010 PR mpaign to have the first -flight gay and lbian weddg ceremoni would have been nothg more than a stunt. SAS is also a member of the Stockholm Gay and Lbian Network, and partners wh VisSwen the US, which promot Swen as a leadg LGBT urty of Leonard Zhovsky / ShutterstockDelta Air LNext on our list of fav is Delta: Not only has the airle been rporate a sponsor of and participant yearly Pri events ("NYC Pri, LA Pri, Utah Pri Ftival, Motor Cy Pri, Seattle PriFt, Tw Ci Pri, Atlanta Pri and Pri Toronto, among other ftivals"), but has proudly claimed s mment to LGBT employe as well:We are proud to have been signated one of the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) "Bt Plac To Work" for LGBT employe 2010 and 2011, and we ntue to earn near-perfect sr on HRC's Corporate Equaly Inx ever sce.

The airle was certaly ahead of the pack 2007 wh s Pk Flight, which featured a drag queen stewarss, pk airplane food and a shirtls petn on s way om SFO to the Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras the plane got primped!

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB

Photo urty of Peapple then 2010, an otherwise amg -flight safety vio featurg the All Blacks gby team had a weirdly homophobic moment (start at 2:55) that sparked enough plats to have the vio pulled. Among the are Athlete Ally, Boston Gay Men's Chos, Empire State Pri Agenda, Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn, New York Cy Anti-Vlence Project, PFLAG NYC, Transgenr Legal Defense & Edutn Fund and pri celebratns at s foc ci Long Beach, CA and San Juan, Puerto Ri.

THE INLIBLE ENOLA GAY

For those of you not faiar wh Grdr, ’s a gay lotn based social workg applitn (I thk that’s the PG-rated way to scribe ? For famo reasons, only is one of jt 26 Boeg B-29 bombers still existg, but is also the plane that dropped the nuclear bomb over Hiroshima to the effort of the Smhsonian staff members, Enola Gay is on public display today. It stood for s abandoned, left outsi to the elements, souvenir hunters, and the Enola GayEnola Gay is a Boeg B-29 Superfortrs bomber aircraft manufactured B-29 Superfortrs was a 4-enge, propeller-driven bomber aircraft and was one of the most advanced aircraft World War II.

When the B-29 entered service 1944, was one of the largt aircraft all of World War Gay left the assembly le on 18 May 1945 Bellevue, Nebraska, and stayed service until s retirement on 24 July 1946. It is one of only 65 B-29s built unr the "Silverplate" specifitns, makg them pable of rryg nuclear Enola Gay on Tian the Marianas Islands where took off before bombg Hiroshima Gay beme the first aircraft to drop a nuclear bomb warfare spe s short service life. He had named the bomber after his mother, Enola Gay explosn stroyed about 75% of the cy, killg tens of thoands.

Wh the nuclear bomb over Nagasaki three days later, the attacks ultimately end World War Bombg of HiroshimaWhile still on the assembly le, Enola Gay, pilot Pl W. When livered to the USAF on 18 May 1945, they assigned to 393d Bombardment July 1945, Enola Gay flew eight trag flights and two missns to drop nventnal bombs over Kobe and 5 Augt, Tibett assumed mand of the B-29 and named after his mother.

CARTOONIST CREAT BIZARRE COMIC CLAIMG GAY MARRIAGE "WON'T FLY", LEGEND TAK TO FLIGHT SIMULATOR TO PROVE HIM WRONG

Enola Gay took off om the Northern Mariana Islands on 6 Augt, piloted by Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay wav om the ckp before takg off to Hiroshima on 6 Augt other B-29s rted Enola Gay on the missn and provid measurg and photography equipment. The flight to Japan took about 6 hours, and Enola Gay arrived over Hiroshima clear weather at 32. As planned, Enola Gay released the "Ltle Boy" bomb at 8:15 am lol Boy took 53 sends to reach tonatn height 600 meters above the cy.

000 people, 30% of the cy's populatn, were Gay returned safely to the Northern Mariana Islands to great applse 12 hours after the war, Enola Gay was a ndidate for the nuclear tt program at the Biki Atolls but was ultimately not selected.

Enola Gay did not serve aga and retired 2003, the Enola Gay has been on public display at the Natnal Air and Space Mm Washgton, 1946 the Air Force cid to prerve Enola Gay. The Air Force gave the aircraft to the Smhsonian Instutn, but they lacked Gay was left outdoors durg s storage as the Air Force had no hangar space available.

HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON

The plane's rtoratn beme a prry 1983 when the mm got a new director, a former Air Force Enola Gay at the Natnal Air and Space Mm Washgton, DC. The bomber airplane beme the first to drop a nuclear weapon warfare when the Uned Stat bombed Hiroshima on 6 Augt World War 2, Enola Gay was left outsi for s, exposed to weather, souvenir hunters, and animals.

The staff pleted the rtoratn 2003 and put Enola Gay on display at the Natnal Air and Space Mm Washgton, DC, where you n see today. The Enola Gay is a B-29 Superfortrs, which pilot Pl Tibbets named after his mother, and which had been stripped of everythg but the necsi, so as to be thoands of pounds lighter than an ordary plane of that make.

While did not drop the bomb on Nagasaki, the Enola Gay did take flight to get data on the weather the lead-up to the send strike on Japan.

AIRLE BOTCH PRO-GAY AD, PROV MARRIAGE IS ONLY BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN

In the aftermath of World War II, the Army Air Forc flew the Enola Gay durg an atomic tt program the Pacific; was then livered to be stored an airfield Arizona before beg flown to Illois and transferred to the Smhsonian July 1949. Adams, who is leavg his job after 10 relatively ntroversy-ee years, sent back a three-page answer stiffly turng down her requt for the Enola Gay. Demonstrators prott at the Enola Gay exhib at the the Smhsonian Natnal Air and Space Mm's Steven F.

HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE

And as long as is on display, the qutns rais are likely to ntue — after all, they have been wh the Enola Gay sce first beme a hoehold name. On permanent display at the Natnal Air and Space Mm’s Udvar-Hazy Center Chantilly, Virgia, the Enola Gay was donated to the Smhsonian Instutn by the U. Although missg a few parts, the Enola Gay is now rtored so generatns of Amerins n see the plane that left an lible mark the annals of time.

But you have to be that wh the missn of the Enola Gay, which brgs the dimensn of the role of technology war. As the Enola Gay ma s fal approach to Hiroshima that day, Tibbets ascend to 31, 000 feet, then turned over ntrols to Ferebee.