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Tidbits for travelers: Junk to Funk at PDX; Dillinger at BWI

04/12/10
Here’s some fun stuff to look at airports on either side of the country: At Oregon’s Portland International Airport the Junk to Funk exhibit features couture fashion made from recycled and reused materials – and trash. “Kitty litter bags become a suit; vinyl records are reborn as sequins; coffee filters have an afterlife as the […]

Tidbits for travelers: art & massages at Schiphol, more music in Austin

03/18/10
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has more than 100 shops, an equal number of cafes, pubs and restaurants, casinos, a Yotel, a great art collection and a branch of the Rijksmuseum that’s currently showing the Sunny Skies exhibition, featuring nine works by Dutch 17th century landscape artists inspired by the Italian landscape. Speaking of inspiration, Schiphol’s Cone […]

Souvenir Sunday: Amelia Earhart luggage

03/14/10
Earlier this week, while waiting for Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger’s presentation at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, I spent some time in the Amelia Earhart exhibit.  And while I don’t think I’ll take up flying my own plane anytime soon, I keep thinking about getting some new luggage. Amelia Earhart endorsed a long […]

Oregon Curiosities: The Bomber in Milwaukie, OR

03/13/10
I love hanging around airports, of course, but I also find bliss when let loose in small museums filled with odd and unusual artifacts or if there’s a wacky roadside distraction somewhere and I’ve got the keys to the car. So I’m fortunate to be able to produce radio features and write books about my […]

Capt. Sullenberger and Amelia Earhart at the Museum of Flight

03/09/10
Monday evening I was fortunate to be in the audience at Seattle’s Museum of Flight for a  presentation by the recently retired Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the now-legendary pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 who was able to successfully land a plane in New York City’s Hudson River. He began the evening by showing the NTSB’s […]

Packards at John Wayne Airport & a salute to women in aviation at the C.R. Smith Museum

03/01/10
From now through June 1, 2010, a collection of photographs and accessories from the classic Packard automobile will be on display in Terminal A at John Wayne Airport (JWA).   The items are on loan from Orange County’s Packard International Motor Car Club and include hood ornaments, Packard ephemera, and photos of Packards, including this 1932 […]

Tidbits for travelers: news from JAX, PHL, and ATL

02/17/10
On Valentine’s Day, volunteers at Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) handed out 1700 red and white carnations to arriving and departing passengers. (Photo courtesy Jacksonsville International Airport ) On Tuesday (February 16, 2010) Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) had a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Terminal E expansion, which includes seven gates for Southwest Airlines and several […]

Singapore’s Changi Airport celebrates Year of the Tiger

02/12/10
The Chinese New Year will be celebrated this Sunday and Singapore’s Changi Airport is ready with giant displays to welcome in the Year of the Tiger: Changi Airport also opened up an Aviation Gallery in Terminal 2, with loads of information stations, interactive kiosks, and 600 tiny airplanes hanging from the ceiling. Here’s a “please-touch” […]

Airports celebrate Valentine’s Day

02/12/10
Valentine’s Day pops up on a Sunday this year, and that gives everyone a full weekend to celebrate the holiday. This year, even airports are getting in on the action. Today, Friday, Feb 12th,  the Food and Shops at New York’s LaGuardia Airport will be handing out free chocolate kisses in the Central Terminal between […]
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