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Museum Monday: aerospace museum finds

09/06/10
With the help of Twitter-buddy Isaac Alexander, I spent a good chunk of this Labor Day weekend putting together a list of aerospace museums to keep track of and, perhaps, to feature on Museum Mondays here at StuckatTheAirport.com. The process took quite a bit longer than it might have because I kept clicking on links →

Paperless boarding passes: benefit or bother?

09/05/10
We’ve all become accustomed to checking in for our flights on-line and printing out our boarding passes at home or at an airport kiosk on our way to the security checkpoint. Now the TSA is working with five airlines and 70 airports to test paperless boarding passes. Here’s how it works: When a traveler checks →

Souvenir Sunday: rodeo treats at William P. Hobby Airport

09/05/10
It’s Souvenir Sunday here at StuckatTheAirport.com. The day we look at some of the fun and inexpensive souvenirs you can find at the airport. This week’s souvenirs come to us from Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport, where the Houston Rodeo store offers up plenty of cute cowboy items – all under $10. There’s this great →

Chocolate balls on the “No Fly” list. Really??

09/04/10
In the spirit of Snack Saturday, here are two short videos that feature Lindt chocolate, tennis star Roger Federer and a pair of  take charge TSA officers who get exactly what they want. Be sure to watch the longer, behind the scenes version as well. Here’s the “making of” version. Officers claim chocolate balls are →

Poetic travel: win a pair of JetBlue travel passes from Boston Logan

08/25/10
Admit it: you thought about getting one of JetBlue’s All You Can Jet travel passes and taking the month of September off to just zip around the country. I did. But while we were daydreaming the passes sold out. Well, you’ve got another chance. Boston Logan International Airport is having a twitter-based contest to give →

Fresh – flying – art at Spokane International Airport

08/24/10
There’s a fresh piece of art at Spokane International Airport in eastern Washington. But you’ll have to look up to see it. Louise Kodis’ new textile sculpture “Conversations Between Clouds” in now installed in the rotunda of the airport. The sculpture is a flock of three dimensional floating shapes suspended under the ceiling and is →

Museum Monday: Kansas Aviation Museum

08/23/10
There are close to 700 aviation/space-related museums in the country. Each Monday on StuckatTheAirport.com we profile one of them. Eventually we’ll hit them all. Today: The Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita, Kansas The museum is near the McConnell Air Force Base and is housed in the art deco-style building that served as Wichita’s municipal airport →

Souvenir Sunday: Free rides on Singapore Airport’s Giant Slide

08/22/10
Each Sunday we take a look at some offbeat, inexpensive souvenirs you can find when you’re stuck at the airport. This week, the airport souvenir is an experience: A ride on Singapore’s Tallest Slide and the World’s Tallest Slide in an Airport. The Slide @T3 is actually two slides: one is a free-to-ride“preview” slide one →

More cute airport pet parks

08/21/10
Earlier this week I posted a picture of the cute sculpture in one of the pet relief areas at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) And the smart park at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) Both are pretty doggone cute. But the folks at Reno-Tahoe International Airport felt left out – so they sent me →
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