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On Sunday, December 22, 2024 a ‘Toy Express’ event was held at the West Newton Lion’s Club. The event started at 11:00AM and included a free lunch (Pizza, drink and cookie),
West Jefferson Hills Historical Society to Host Program
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The West Jefferson Hills Historical Society is offering a free program to its members and members of the community at 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 25. Sue Morris and Brian Butko will present "Bettis: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off" in the Community Rooms of the Jefferson Hills Borough Building.
Bettis Field may no longer be a familiar place, but it was once the epicenter of Pittsburgh aviation. The story of this 1920s airport captures the exciting, early years of flying, from barnstorming to commercial and passenger flight to Bettis’s role in delivering airmail. A cast of daring, larger-than-life characters, both men and women, made Bettis the place to be.
Come along as we join thousands to greet Charles Lindbergh, witness a pilot crash into a steel mill while trying to cure a passenger’s deafness, watch the National Balloon Races turn to tragedy, and see a nuclear lab take over Bettis—only to have pilots keep landing on its roadways. It’s a fun, fascinating look at the dawn of aviation in Pittsburgh.
