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Airplane models at the SFO Museum

03/03/24

A new exhibition at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) features model aircraft from the collection of the SFO Museum. “The types of airplane models, as well as the methods and materials used to construct them, have greatly varied over time. Yet model aircraft can be broadly categorized into two major types: ‘flying models, which fly →

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Shopping at Alaska Airlines’ Company Store

11/28/21

The newest location of Alaska Airlines’ Company Store is in “The Hub,” a 6-story office building the carrier opened near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in July 2020, just as the world was going into lockdown due to the pandemic. That’s why there’s been little publicity about this great avgeek shopping destination. Until now. The store →

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Travel Tidbits: an Astrochimp, airplane models, and more

01/19/21

It has been difficult – to say the least – to read anything but political news this week. But we did take a break and found these fun aviation-related treasures in our Twitter stream about anniversaries marking the death of Ham the Astrochimp and a record-breaking flight by Howard Hughes. The SFO Museum gives us →

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