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Very old food and classic old cars

10/23/26

Our museum team is on assigment in Tacoma, WA this week and hit the jackpot on day one in terms of treasures that tickle our fancy. When in Tacoma, we always stop in at the Washington State History Museum to visit our buddies, Dave and Dandy, the now-taxidermied oxen that pulled the covered wagon pioneer […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

The history of airline meals in 7 courses – in Seattle

KLM reveals miniature Delft Blue house #107

United’s status match offer (do it) + more AmEx lounges

Alaska Airlines news + SJC gate pass program + awards for us

Tickets for new Qantas 18-hour nonstop flight between New York & Sydney begin August 2027

World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

I flew to four Pacific Northwest Airports and didn’t go through a security check once

What’s old is new again: United testing food delivery to the gate

Listen to this. But maybe not on a plane

Alaska Airlines spreading its wings to Athens & Paris

Fresh art at JFK T7

09/15/24

The 54-year-old Terminal 7 at JFK Airport in New York is set to be decommissioned in 2026 to make room for the second half of Terminal 6 construction. But in the meantime, a four-piece collection of artwork by Brooklyn artist Ron Bass has been installed in the terminal. T7 is currently home to 13 international and […]

New & cool at Charlotte Douglas Int’l Airport

09/12/24

The Stuck at the Airport team loves art and amenity-rich airport expansions and Phase II of the Concourse A Expansion opening at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) on September 17 looks great. The 200,000-square-foot expansion adds 10 new gates, bringing the airport’s total number of gates to 124. The new gates will add seven for Delta Air Lines, two […]

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Airports marking the 23rd anniverary of 9/11

09/10/24

If you are traveling on Wednesday, September 11, you’ll notice flags flying at half-staff at airports around the country to mark the 23rd anniversary of 9/11. Here’s what they’re honoring: On September 11, 2001, four airplanes were hijacked as part of a coordinated plan. Two planes originated at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS); one left […]

Congrats to newly minted commercial pilot Eskil Skute

09/10/24

Here’s a heartwarming story In 2013, the Stuck at the Airport team attended Aviation Geek Fest in Seattle. The annual event was put together by the Boeing Future of Flight aviation center in Everett, WA, Airline Reporter founder David Parker Brown and Seattle’s Museum of Flight. Among the attendees that year were Per Skute and […]

Where to see: one of D.B. Cooper’s parachutes

09/08/24

(D.B. Cooper pink parachute courtesy Washington State History Museum) The only unsolved commercial airline hijacking in the U.S. remains the November 24, 1971 hijacking of Northwest Orient flight 305 to Seattle by someone who has come to be known as “D.B.” Cooper. (Sketch courtesy FBI) In 1971, Cooper boarded a Boeing 727 on Thanksgiving eve, […]

Travel Tidbits from airports near you

09/05/24

Happy Friday! Here are some travel tidbits we’ve spotted over the past few days. Airport WiFi. Free now, but it wasn’t then. We remember when free airport WiFi was hard to come by. Now, almost every airport you visit offers free WiFi for a few hours or the entire time you’re there. Norfolk International Airport […]