system forced the faa to ground flights. majority are on the east coast. the white house is monitoring the situation. bill: let s begin in atlanta, often the most the busiest every day. steve harrigan is there live. what s happening? a lot of confusion among travelers here at the world s busiest airport. people trying to arrive and figure out what s going on. will their flights take off? updates in the past few minutes from the faa. they say normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the u.s. following an overnight outage to the notam system. the ground stop has been lifted. we can continue to look into the cause of the initial problem. for about an hour and a half there was a full ground stop on flights all across the u.s. even though that s lifted now, flights are beginning to get back to normal. airport officials around the country say it still could be a very long day for travelers. always a ripple effect when something impacts a flight. if they c
it s true, there is going to be 400 more drafts between that, what you heard and what is going to the public. what i heard is still awesome. thank you very, very much. thank you for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. once upon a time, not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things, once upon a time the biggest celebrities in america were pilots. do you know how time magazine has person of the year, east we man of the year. time magazine invented that whole idea because of a pilot. they figured they needed to do something because in 1927, the pilot charles lindbergh became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes, all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the first place. they invented it specifically f
actually invented that whole idea because of a pilot. they figure they need to do something, because in 1927 the pilot charles under very became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes, all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the first place. they invented it specifically for him. amelia ehrhardt was the first woman to fly across the atlantic, and the first solo pilot to fly between hawaii and california. amelia airport is remembered mostly for going missing on and around the world flight in 1937. she really was a household name in the united states. she was a huge star. lindberg and her were not the only ones. the between the first and second world war, flying was a huge deal to americans. it was a nationwide craze. pil
what you heard, and what s going to the public. what i heard is awesome. thank you very much. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. so once upon a time, not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things, but once upon a time the biggest celebrities in america were pilots. you know how time magazine has person of the year, used to be man of the year? time magazine actually invented that whole idea because of a pilot. they figured they needed to do something because in 1927 the pilot charles lindbergh became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes and all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. and so that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the first place. they invented it specifically for him. amelia earhart was th