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A rare glimpse of Wonder Woman’s invisible plane

Wonder Woman’s Invisible Plane is a rare gem in the collection of Seattle’s Museum of Flight.

Acquired by the museum in April 1, 2013, the museum keeps this curious and precious artifact in a secret location and rarely puts it on display.

But the departure of the large-scale MiG-21 Project featuring a decommissioned Soviet MiG-21 fighter jet covered in millions of colored glass beads has made room for a temporary showing of the invisible plane in the museum’s Aviation Pavilion.

According to Museum of Flight records, Wonder Woman’s Invisible Plane was originally referred to as the Silent Invisible Plane. It is a propeller driven aircraft that can fly faster than 2000 mph and features navigational devices such as a robot control pilot, a locascope and an electronic mist beam.

When at the controls, Wonder Woman commands course and flight paths with telepathic signals and electronic devices in her tiara.

Here’s a fun video from the time the Museum of Flight loaned Wonder Woman’s invisible plane to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum for a one day exhibit ten years ago, on April 1, 2015.

TSA’s Top 10 ‘Catches’ of 2025

Bullets hidden in strawberry Nesquik and tinfoil, a shot gun concealed in a golf bag and, the classic – drugs tucked inside shoes – all made it onto the Transportation Security Administration’s recently released Top 10 list of best ‘catches’ for 2025.

Here’s the full list, in countdown order, along with airport where the offending items were found.

 10. Bullets and knives in aluminum foil, found at both Ohio’s Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)      

9. Firearm in a golf bag, Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) 


 8. Bullets in Nesquik, Miami International Airport (MIA)

 

7. Knife in a car seat, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
     

 6. Pills in a shampoo bottle, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) 


 

5. Knife in a knee brace, Illinois’ Quad Cities International Airport (MLI) 

4. Drugs in shoes, Hawaii’s Kona International Airport (KOA)


      

3. Razor blades in clothes, Denver International Airport (DEN)
      

2. Turtles in pants and bra, Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Miami International Airport (MIA)


 

And the Number 1 item on TSA’s Top Ten list for 2025:    

Explosive replicas at Boise Airport (BOI)

Per the agency’s tradition, the TSA also made a video of the Top 10 catches for 2025.

TSA’s annual Top Ten list was started back in 2016, with the release of this entertaining video hosted by TSA’s corny but endearing social media specialist Bob Burns.

One airport goes big, another raises the bar

ONT Airport goes bigger and bolder with its welcome sign

SInce 1998, the sign that welcomed travelers to Ontario International Airport (ONT) in Southern California was sort of mousy and looked like this.

Now, as part of its campaign to up its visibility in real life and in passengers’ minds, the very charming and convenient airport that sits just 35 miles from Los Angeles welcomes travelers with a bigger and bolder sign.

This one has 12-foot-tall letters featuring the “ONT” airport code in blue and is backed by sculpted mountain forms inspired by the nearby San Gabriel Mountains.

The sign stretches out 60 feet, weighs more than 8 tons and has LED light bars that will light the sign at night and change colors for holidays, special events and community celebrations.

Nice!

Reno-Tahoe International Airport raised the bar

As you may imagine, a lot of unusual things pass through airports in checked and carry on bags and in cargo.

Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) shared this image of some of the 14 to 18-foot poles that came through the airport with more than 1,000 athletes on their way to the annual Pole Vault Summit.

Quite a sight!

Places we’d stay: Waldorf Astoria New York

Greetings from freezing cold New York City.

The Stuck at the Airport team is in town for work, eating and exploring.

Our first stop: The Waldforf Astoria New York.

Reopened, restored, ‘reimagined’ ( as they say) but, ultimately, rewarding – even if you just get to visit the lobby with the 1893 World’s Fair clock in the center.

Our visit included a peek at the public areas for the swank residences at the property, which run from $1.875 million for a studio to over $18 million for a four bedrooms with a Park Avenue view.

Our favorite part of the tour: the residents-only 25-meter swmming pool on the 25th floor, with skylights, art deco design and a fitness center, saunas and steam room nearby.

Nice, right??

Free movies at these airports

Sadly, you can no longer watch first-run films at the Skyport Cinema, which operated from the early 1950s into the mid-1970s Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT).

Nor can you stop into the three movie theaters (and the skating rink) that operated from 1975 until 1978 in the lobby area of the Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL), after most airlines moved over to the then-new Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

But these days you can watch movies for free at these U.S. airports:

Microcinema at Portland International Airport (PDX)

The PDX Airport Microcinema, a branch of Portland, Oregon’s Hollywood Theatre movie palace, has been operating at Portland International Airport (PDX) since 2017.

The 22-seat cinema is on Concourse C and showcases short films (10 minutes or less) by Pacific Northwest filmmakers or films relating to issues in Oregon or the Pacific Northwest. Admission is free.

Check here for the current line-up.

See18 Cinema at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

In 2014, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) opened its “See 18” Screening Room near Gate C18.

Films still run around-the-clock and feature short films and award-winning documentaries by filmmakers from the Upper Midwest.

You can preview the current offerings before you head to the airport, or watch them online. Admission is free.

Video Arts at San Francisco International Airport

The SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has a Video Arts program that runs four short (10 minutes or less) films per month by contemporary artists and filmmakers.

The film gallery is located pre-security on the departures level of International Terminal and operates daily from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm.

You can preview the list of offerings before you go the airport, or watch them online. Admission is free.

Here’s one of the short animated films currently on view:

Airport tidbits + a hot museum

Oklahoma City Airport

OKC Airport fun facts

We love the souvenir “Tornado Seeds” (candy) we picked up at Will Rogers International Airport (OKC).

And the huge terrazzo floor installation by Matt Goad celebrating Oklahoma’s history and culture.

But there are some other fun facts the OKC officials want you know.

There’s a free plan spotting area at OKC, the airport houses the FAA’s national training center and the airport is “built tough” for Tornado Alley.

Dallas Love Field opens an airport restaurant ‘first’

A dual-branded Applebees/IHOP restaurant opens this week at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL). That makes DAL the first airport in the world offer this combo.

Located on the public access side of the airport, between bag claim area and the TSA security checkpoint, the restaurant allows you to mix and match from two menus at any time. If that’s what you need to do…

And celebrate a ‘first’ at Philadelphia’s Fireman’s Hall Museum

The Philadelphia Historic District has put together an impressive list of ‘firsts’ that originated in the city.

Coming up on January 17 is a celebration of the country’s first Volunteer Fire Company, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1736.

The party takes place at Fireman’s Hall Museum, which is housed in a firehouse that dates back to 1902.

The museum displays vintage fire engines and fire fighting apparatus, alarm boxes, uniforms and fire house and engine models. There’s also a great collection of “fire marks,” which were decorative badges once issued by insurance companies to mark properties insured for fire.

Three museums on our 2026 “go” list

We’re still in travel planning mode for 2026 and, as always, we’re putting a lot of museums on list.

Here are few we’d love to visit.

Olympic Museum

The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will take place from February 6 to 22, 2026 in a variety of Northern Italian cities, including Milan (Milano) and rhe mountain resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo.

So this might be a good year to visit to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is home to the world’s largest Olympic collection.

The museum displays the very first Olympic flag (1913), Olympics torches from every set of games since 1936, an exhibit on Olympic mascots and offers lots of interactive activities.

For the 2026 Winter Olympic games, the museum has created a downloadable guide and an on-site trail and exhibition inside the museum and out, in the museum’s Olympic Park, that celebrates the Olympic games held in Italy in 1956, 1960, 2006 and 2026.

The exhibition includes sculptures, photographs, the official 2026 torch, mascots and other artifacts.

(Images courtesy of the Olympic Museum)

Mississippi’s Smallest Museum

We received a short message from the folks in Hattiesburg, Mississippi about the Pocket Museum, which evidently began in a window down an alley.

Now Mississippi’s smallest museum has grown, a bit, and is now a destination.

The alley has a Pocket Theater, super-short films viewable through an eyepiece embedded in the wall, miniature dioramas, a Pocket Gallery, a Pocket Dance Spot and more.

Right now, one of the features in the pocket museum is small small scale art by @gigigunns_art in honor of Edgar Allen Poe’s January 19 birthday.

The Poe Museum

Since we’ve mentioned Edgar Allen Poe, let’s put the Poe Museum, which is housed in the oldest residential building in Richmond, VA, on the “let’s visit” wish list for 2026.

The museum collection includes Poe’s pocket watch, a fragment of his coffin, letters, manuscripts, first editions, his boot hooks, his waitcoast and more.

Have a favorite museum to add to the list? Let us know in the comment section below.

TSA’s downloadable 2026 Canine Calendar  

If you love dogs and need a 2026 calendar, you’re in luck.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has just released a downloadable 2026 TSA Canine Calendar featuring 13 of the more than 1,000 explosives detection canines that work at U.S. airports.

They are a good looking and hard working bunch.

The 2026 TSA Canine Calendar line-up includes:

  • Alex: Denver International Airport (DEN)
  • Bingo: San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC)
  • Chica: Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
  • Csipi-Simjee: Orlando International Airport (MCO)
  • Cypress: Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (BTV)
  • Erika: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
  • Haver: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
  • Laki: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
  • Rony: Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE)
  • Rosco: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)
  • Rosh: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
  • Steeler: Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
  • Xaro: Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)

Each pup’s photo is accompanied with a profile that includes their birthday, breed, home base airport, favorite treat, favorite toy and other fun details.

And each calendar month highlights dates important to people and pets, including National Dog Biscuit Day (February 23), National Puppy Day (March 23), National Hug Your Dog Day (April 10) and others.



Airport amenities of the week

(Courtesy Tulsa International Airport)

A lot of airports go all out during the holidays to entertain travelers with live music, festive decorations, free gift wrapping, costumed therapy animals, visits from Santa and more.

So this week it was especially difficult to choose which airport to feature for the Airport Amenity of the Week.

So we chose two:

San Antonio International Airport featured a giant suitcase vending machine dispensing free gifts and welcomed a pair of visiting reindeer.

And Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) teamed up with Hometown Arcade to install free classic arcade games, such as Pac-Man, Galaga, Donkey Kong and more in baggage claim at Terminals A, B, and C and post-security in Terminal C near Shake Shack.

And these free games will be sticking around.

Have you spotted an amenity you think should be featured as Airport Amenity of the Week? Let us know in the comment section below.

The best new airport amenities of 2025

From the new “Rocky” statue at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to the debut of new terminals at San Diego International Airport (SAN) and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), it’s been a year filled with plenty of new airport amenities and events.

We gathered some of our favorites for a story on the The Points Guy site, but we wanted to share some of those, and others, with you here.

We’ll add more tomorrow.

Celebrating 100 years in lights

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and making good use of the LED lighting on its massive, 900-foot-long North and South canopies.

The party started with a New Year’s Eve canopy countdown clock that announced “ATL 100” at the stroke of midnight and continued throughout the year. Whenever the canopies aren’t lit for a special day, ie. Valentine’s Day or Christmas, the default is “ATL 100.”

Airport dinosaurs come and go

While the T. rex fossil replica on loan for many years to Pittsburgh International Airport didn’t make it to the new terminal (yet), there are other airports around the country, including Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Salt Lake City International airport, that have dinosaur fossil replicas in the terminals.

This year, Indianapolis International Airport (IND) joined the list for a short while.

To celebrate the 100th birthday of the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, IND Airport welcomed a 33-foot-long fossil cast of the museum’s famed Tyrannosaurus rex, dubbed Bucky the T. rex, to the terminal.

Pizza gets a place of pride

Connecticut, long known as ‘The Nutmeg State,’ also boasts of being home to the nation’s best pizza.

There’s a 20-stop Pizza Trail for pizza fans to test out the claim. And, this year a pizza-inspired artwork was installed at Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN).

Titled, “The Pizza State,” the art piece is made of Connecticut highway signs (which we’re sure were secured legally) and celebrates New Haven-style pizza.

The artist is Michael Pollack of the creative entity known as the New Haven Pizza Club (NHVPC).

A speakeasy & a roof-loving rap video for Portland International Airport

There’s a lot to love about the new main hall in Portland International Airport (PDX) that opened in 2024, including live trees, cool shops, restaurants and bars, and hang out areas that bring back the beloved PDX carpet pattern.

This year, PDX also sprouted the country’s first airport speakeasy and scored a rap video singing the praises of the airport’s 9-acre wooden roof.

Cribbage tables for travelers

The Customer Experience Team at Maine’s Portland International Jetport (PWM), gained loads of fans a while back when they set up communal jigsaw-puzzle tables to entertain and relax travelers waiting for their flights.

Now the airport has a new amenity: custom-made Maine-themed cribbage tables where both novice and seasoned plays can sit down for a game before a flight.

Lots more airports you can visit without a plane ticket

With the late December introduction of the OAK Guest Pass Program at Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) and the reboot of Tampa International’s TPA All Access Pass and the Experience MCO Visitor Pass Program at Orlando International Airport (MCO), we now have 20 airports around the country that welcome guests into the secure side of the terminals.

We’ll add more of our favorite new airport amenities from 2025 tomorrow. But let us know if you spotted a new airport amenity this year that we deserves some praise.