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Key West Airport Throwing an 80th Anniversary Party
January 10, 2008 at 4:00 PM | 0 Comments
On January 16, Key West International Airport will celebrate the anniversary of the first international passenger flight over water, made in 1928. A Pan Am Fokker Trimotor--with eight passengers in wicker seats--made the 90-mile run between Key West and Havana.
While remembering the past, EYW will also be showing off the future, with tours of its new McCoy Terminal Complex. The new facility will take over for the existing one, built in 1957. Back then, about 25,000 passengers a year used the airport; these days more than 500,000 flyers pass through every year. Needless to say, regular commercial service to Cuba doesn't account for the increase.
Related Stories:
· Key West to Honor First Pan Am Flight to Cuba [Sun Sentinel]
· Key West Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Airports coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: AmberLayne]
Key West Travel
Florida Catfight! State, Museum Do Battle
July 17, 2007 at 4:08 PM | 0 Comments
Writer Ernest Hemingway spent many happy years holed up in his Key West house, translating his experiences on safari and at war to print. After his suicide in 1961, his two-story bungalow became a pilgrimage spot for all of Jake Barnes' friends the world over -- and a refuge for the descendants of his six-toed cat, Snowball. But if the Florida Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has its way, Snowball's relatives are about to get the boot.
Curators of the museum promise the Hemingway cats are well fed and happy, but according to the state of Florida the site doesn't properly contain the animals, nor does it have an Animal Welfare license. Can visitors still "enjoy the whimsy" of animals that just can't be caged? It's times like this that we ask ourselves: What Would Papa Do?
[Photo: ll_rae_ll]
Related Stories:
· Hemingway Stayed Here [Hotelchatter]
· Key West Coverage [Jaunted]
