Mt. Redoubt, tornadoes, snow nix flights
Due to a mid-morning eruption (re-eruption?) of Mt. Redoubt, Alaska Airlines has suspended all flights into and out of Anchorage, at least until early Friday morning. Volcano ash is serious stuff; it can limit visibility and ruin engines. So the airline is taking no chances: 45 flights were canceled earlier this week due to previous […]
Good day for dogs at Sea-Tac Airport
Here’s a good news story for dogs in Seattle, courtesy of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). The folks at SEA-TAC Airport needed to test out a luggage x-ray system and followed the manufacturer’s advice to use big bags of dog food and jars of peanut butter to see how the system performed. The dog food was […]
Hang gliders on display at John Wayne Airport
File under: alternative travel ideas. Four hang gliders and a variety of local hang-gliding memorabilia are on display at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, Ca. “Orange County: The Birthplace of Modern Hang Gliding” includes video and photography celebrating hang gliding and is guest curated by Owen Morse, an avid hang glider and a […]