Mark Gale, PHL CEO addressing crowd along with Congressman Chaka Fattah, Sir Richard Branson, Mayor Michael A. Nutter and Virgin America CEO David Cush. Also seen are Virgin America Flight Attendants ith Pom-Poms and Cheerleaders.
Concorde breaks the sound barrier, West Coast Airlines Flight 956 becomes the first fatal DC-9 crash, NASA is born, and the F-86 and XP-59 take their first flights.