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Over Memorial Day weekend, airports across the country reported the highest numbers of people flying in more than a year. As more of us are dreaming once again of flight, we thought this would be a good time to listen back to an episode of Inside Appalachia that originally aired last summer. We’ll hear stories about flight: legendary aviators, fighter pilots, and a plane ride that didn’t quite go as planned.
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A couple enjoys a stop on a road trip to Seneca Rocks, in the background. The West Virginia Department of Tourism is sponsoring a social media campaign in celebration of the state s birthday on June 20 and the 50th anniversary of the release of John Denver s âTake Me Home, Country Roads.â
Courtesy photo/West Virginia Department of Tourism
âHelp us tell our story by sharing your travel photos, and show the world why John Denver called us âAlmost Heaven,ââ Chelsea Ruby, secretary of the tourism department, said in a press release encouraging West Virginians to share their state travel photos on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with #AlmostHeaven. âTo mark this anniversary, weâre giving away amazing prizes to 50 lucky road trippers.â