December 20 – City officials, the Long Beach Airport and JetBlue Airways honored the 100th anniversary of Calbraith “Cal” Perry Rodgers’ first coast-to-coast flight from Sheepshead Bay, New York, to Long Beach made 100 years ago on December 10, 1911. From left: Don Daniels, vice president controller of JetBlue; David Ramage, vice president of technical operations for JetBlue; Robert Land, senior vice president of government affairs for JetBlue; Gerrie Schipske, 5th District Long Beach Councilmember; Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster; Long Beach Airport Director Mario Rodriguez; Steve Goodling, president and CEO of the Long Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau; and Thomas Berg, general manager of JetBlue operations in Long Beach. (Photograph by the Business Journal’s Thomas McConville)