Review: ‘Flying Girl’ and ‘The Great Stewardess Revolt’

Such victories had a lasting effect. “The stewardess revolt changed the entire airline industry, one of the largest in the United States,” Wulfhart writes. Her account acknowledges these women as having played a leading role in tackling gender discrimination and tells the story well. Yet reading the details feels like rubbing salt on an ancient …

Flying With Your Pet? It Was Much More Difficult.

Animals without guide dog documentation must travel in either an under-seat pet carrier or cargo hold. And the coronavirus has thrown another key to the business: Multiple airlines struggling to survive as flights are canceled and employee numbers dwindle have announced that they will no longer accept pets in the cargo hold. Today, only American …

Fossils Uncovered in Police Raid Illuminate a Prehistoric Flying Reptile

Limestone slabs recovered in a police raid in Brazil in 2013 have revealed the most complete fossil of a pterosaur species ever found, providing new details about how flying reptiles looked and behaved 110 million years ago. The discovery also draws attention to the problem of scientific colonialism, the removal and sometimes outright stealing of …