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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 →

Museum Monday: Gallery of Flight at Milwaukee General Mitchell Int’l Airport

07/12/10
If you like flying, chances are you like airplanes. And if you like airplanes, chances are you like visiting aviation museums once in a while. Lucky for you there are more than 600 aviation and space-related museums around the country.   Each Monday, StuckatTheAirport.com visits one of them. This week, it’s the Mitchell Gallery of Flight →

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 →

Aviation and space museums on the must-see list

06/25/10
(Hanging planes at Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ) I am an idiot. At least that’s what some fans of Dayton, Ohio’s United States Air Force Museum and many other aviation museums were calling me today. They read my msnbc.com column – Aviation and space museums that soar – and were pissed that their →

Do shrunken heads snore? Sleepovers at museums & attractions

06/23/10
If you’re curious about what happens in museums, zoos, aquariums and offbeat attractions after hours you’re in luck.  For a slide show on Bing Travel – Critter Campouts – I found plenty of places where you can camp with critters, sleep with fishes and dream with dinosaurs. (Courtesy Georgia Aquarium) Since then, I’ve found even →
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