I've been meaning to write this post for a while. It was inspired by Dan Webb, a junior at Bryant University and a well-known airline dork and budding airplane geek. Or perhaps I should capitalize Airplane Geek, as Dan is a co-host of the popular podcast, Airplane Geeks, where he often refers to himself...
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Life Has No Complimentary Baggage Allowance
Monthly Archives: January 2011
2nd Anniversary of the Miracle on the Hudson
Two years ago, US Airways Flight 1549, outbound from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte's Douglas Airport, suffered a bird strike, which disabled its engines. The flight, operated by an Airbus A320, was piloted by now legendary Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, and first officer Jeffrey B. Skiles.
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Brief: Shift in Earth Causes Change in Runways
Gadling reports that the shifting in the Earth's magnetic north pole has forced Tampa Airport to close one of its runways to repaint its designation. Runway 18R/36L will be redesignated 19R/1L when it reopens on Thursday. The other runways will change over later this month. The magnetic north pole has been shifting toward Russia...
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Are the Travel dotComs on their way out?
It was over ten years ago that online ticket purchases were in their infancy. We remember ordering tickets from these new online travel agents and having the tickets mailed to us, even a few years into the e-ticket revolution, when it was still advised that paper was safer. Now, it is starting to look...
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