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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

Happy Birthday McCarran International Airport

12/17/08

This Friday, Dec. 19th, marks the 60th anniversary of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. When it opened, the airport was not much more than a tiny dusty airstrip served by four airlines that averaged a combined 12 flights per day. (Photo: Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum) Today, of course, McCarran is one of the […]

Las Vegas McCarran International Airport

Happy First Flight Day!

12/17/08

Today’s history moment is brought to you by the Library of Congress, which reminds us that: In the morning of December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took turns piloting and monitoring their flying machine in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville piloted the first flight that lasted just twelve seconds. On the fourth and […]

Alaska Airlines snacks donated to food banks

12/17/08

File under: every bit helps. So far this year, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines has donated more than 80,000 pounds of unused first-class snacks to food banks in Seattle and Portland. According to an airline spokesperson, the donated food is collected from the snack baskets offered to first class passengers and from meals provided for flight attendants […]

Alaska Airlines

Free (filtered) Wi-Fi on some Delta flights through Dec 31

12/16/08

Starting today, December 16, Delta Air L ines will be offering Aircell’s “Gogo” in-flight Wi-Fi service on one Boeing 757 flying the airline’s domestic routes and on five MD-88 aircraft flying shuttle routes between New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Boston’s Logan International Airport and Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. The cost: $9.95 for flights three […]

Plane ticket? Check. Parking spot? Oops…

12/15/08

I’m a terrible liar; so I don’t often try it. I can’t even get away with fibbing very often. But after getting turned away from several near-the-airport parking lots one Christmas holiday I figured out the answer to “Do you have a reservation?” was “Of course!” Even though the thought of making a parking lot […]

Want a quiet hotel room? Try an airport hotel.

12/12/08

(Image from column courtesy John Brecher / msnbc.com) What’s the use of battling the crowds at the airport and on the airplane if you end up checking into a hotel where the hallways are noisy and the walls are so thin that it sounds as if the guests next door are having that private conservation […]