Wiley Post was a man of curiosity and adventure born into a working family of cotton farmers who bounced around Texas and Oklahoma, finally settling near Maysville, Oklahoma.
How many times do you hear this about inventors Wiley Post did not like school. He did favor mechanical things. According to accounts he saved up to buy one of the first bicycles in the county, he studied “newly arrived sewing machines,” and he disassembled and reassembled farming machinery in the field.
Before he was in his teens, Post went to work as a traveling repair man. He saw his first airplane in flight, a Curtiss biplane (often called a Curtiss Pusher as its engine and propeller were behind the pilot’s seat), at a county fair. He was
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A hefty snowstorm will alter the rhythms of daily life, but it will not weaken the resolve of the snow fighters waging war on winter at Lehigh Valley International Airport.
What plays out on airport grounds is a small-scale, military-style mobilization, with those in charge drawing up plans and outlining tactics before dispatching people and equipment by the dozens.
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So far, they’re winning the fight.
Battered this month by the biggest snowstorm to hit the region since 2016, LVIA’s snow operations team proved a formidable match. In the worst of conditions, the team took a divide-and-conquer approach to keep the airport operating and the parking lots and sidewalks clear.
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The snow operations team at Lehigh Valley International Airport works around the clock using dedicated equipment, reserve equipment and rental units, meeting a a standard of the runway asphalt being “no worse than wet” at all times. Do you think you know what it takes to do their job? Think again.