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Why don’t we all own flying cars?

04/30/23

Cars. Airplanes. Both are great ways to get around. But wouldn’t it be great if the two were put together so the same vehicle could get you where you needed to go no matter what the traffic conditions? Lots of people have been working on making that dream of flying cars – or roadable aircraft →

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Free foam glider & free outdoor movies at Lincoln Airport (LNK)

10/06/21

This red Arrow Sport, one of only one of six known to still be in existence, was built by the Arrow Aircraft Company, of Havelock, Nebraska and now hangs in the terminal at Lincoln Airport (LNK) in Nebraska. If you stop by the airport’s customer service desk, they will give you a free red foam →

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American Airlines rolls out Avengers: Infinity War livery

04/24/18

Cancer sucks. Airline Airlines and Marvel Studios agree and have rolled out a new Avengers: Infinity War-themed plane to help raise funds to fight cancer. You'll get bonus miles for contributing to the campaign. →

An overnight ‘ride-along’ with United Airlines

08/27/17

A quick report on my overnight ride-along with United Airlines at Denver International Airport. →

Hoverboards don’t fly

12/27/15

If you got a hoverboard for Christmas, getting you new "it" gift home on the plane is going to be a problem. Most all domestic airlines have banned from both carry-on and checked baggage and an increasing number of international carriers have done the same. →

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Rolling Stones plane in JFK Terminal 4

11/08/15

That’s not a mock-up of just any airplane there in Terminal 4 at JFK International Airport. It’s an “experience” Jose Cuervo had Air Hollywood put together to commemorate the legendary 1972 Rolling Stones tour (dubbed the Tequila Sunrise Tour) and give travelers a mild version of the tour’s party plane experience. The pop-up plane is →

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Germs on a plane? More than you think.

09/11/15

Germs on a plane. They’re far likelier to get under your skin than snakes, screaming babies or smelly seatmates. And they’re most common on tray tables – a surface that is touched frequently during a typical flight, a new study found. Travelmath.com recently sent swab-carrying microbiologists to five airports and onto four airplanes and then →

Here, kitty: Hello Kitty plane goes to Paris

11/01/14

Eva Air’s Hello Kitty Hand-in-Hand jet is on the move again. This time, with a beret and a baguette. Part of a fleet of Hello Kitty-themed jets, this Boeing 777-300ER is the airline’s first long-range Hello Kitty-themed aircraft and has a collage of 19 Sanrio characters joining hands the entire length of the aircraft. On →

E-cigs on a plane & in the airport

10/11/14

Can you vape on vacation? Maybe. Maybe not. Sales of e-cigarettes and their cousins, re-fillable “vaporizers,” are currently a $2.2 billion market in the United States, according to tobacco analysts at Wells Fargo Securities, up from an estimated $1.7 billion in 2013. And e-cig consumption could surpass that of combustible cigarettes in 10 years, according →

Hello Kitty plane saying bye-bye to LAX

09/03/14

Eva Air’s Hello Kitty “Hand-in-Hand” jet that has been flying between Taipei and Los Angeles since 2013 will change routes at the end of October and fly instead between Taipei and Paris. Eva Airways said the charmingly liveried plane starts the new route October 29, 2014. The airline operates a total of four weekly flights →

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