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Museum Monday: 1928 biplane inside Ottawa International Airport

08/01/10
There are close to 700 aviation and space museums in the country. Each Monday, we explore one of them. This week we have the story of a fun partnership between Canada’s Ottawa International Airport (YOW) and Vintage Wings of Canada, a local organization that acquires, restores, maintains and flies classic and significant aircraft, with an […]

In Spokane: the world’s oldest flying Boeing airplane

07/23/10
I’ve been touring Spokane, WA and the surrounding countryside this week in search of unusual people, places and events to include in the 3rd edition of Washington Curiosities, one of the books I write for Globe Pequot Press. The week will end with a visit to Felts Field to meet Addison Pemberton, who found and […]

Jimmy Carter exhibit at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int’l Airport

07/21/10
A new exhibit at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: Jimmy Carter: Georgia’s Native Son,” uses mementos, photographs and artifacts to tell the story of the South Georgia peanut farmer who become the state’s 76th governor and eventually the nation’s 39th president. Jimmy Carter: Georgia’s Native Son is displayed in the walkway connecting the main security […]

Museum Monday: Museum of Flight, Seattle

07/19/10
It’s Museum Monday here at StuckatTheAirport.com, so time to take a look at one of the 694 aviation museums around the country. This week: a quick look at Seattle’s Museum of Flight, which has just kicked off a new exhibit about women in the aerospace industry: Chasing Horizons: Women in Aerospace. Associated Women Pilots of […]

Tidbits for travelers: Free stuff at Vancouver Airport; fresh art at Tucson Airport

07/16/10
If you have a choice about when to travel to or through Vancouver International Airport (YVR) this summer, choose a Friday. YVR is entertaining pretty much anytime, but this summer, the airport is throwing Take Off Friday parties with face painting, DJ’s, and free treats and samples from airport shops such as Daniel Le Chocolate […]

Free Wi-Fi & fresh art at Philadelphia Int’l Airport

07/06/10
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) has kicked off its summer-long “Just Plane Fun” program and well, it looks like fun. Last week, just in time for the busy 4th of July holiday travel weekend, PHL announced that the airport-wide Wi-Fi service would now be free. Now that’s fun! This week? Well, there’s not much that can […]

Museum Monday: LAX Flight Path Learning Center and Museum

07/05/10
There are close to 700 aviation & space museums around the county and in my recent msnbc.com column Aviation and Space Museums that Soar, I only had room to list six of them. The best of the rest we’ll get to know here, during Museum Mondays on StuckatTheAirport.com. Last week, it was the New England […]
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