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What I learned about Dallas Love Field Airport

04/10/22

The team that produces “Love Field Stories,” the official podcast of Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL), was kind enough to include me as a guest for two upcoming episodes. The two-parter delves into the unique history of the airport and highlights some of the wonderful art that can be spotted in and around the terminal. →

Stuck at the Airport: Travel Tidbits

10/25/21

Clyde Pangborn’s Uneaten Sandwich An old, stale sandwich locked away in a Washington state museum is drawing fresh attention to an aviation daredevil and the 90th anniversary of a record-setting flight. The sandwich is said to have traveled with Clyde “Upside-Down” Pangborn. But when? It could have been in 1926, when he was wowing spectators →

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Airports mark Int’l Air Traffic Controllers Day

10/20/21

On October 20, airports around the country – and the world – gave thanks and shared great photos in honor of International Airport Traffic Controllers Day. See how many towers you recognize. And read till the end so you can see a very cool airport control tower tattoo! Let us know if we missed your →

Airports

Museum Monday: Aerospace Medicine at Seattle’s Museum of Flight

08/22/21

Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day returns on September 18, 2021 and on that day more than 1000 museums, science centers, and gardens around the country will be offering free admission to anyone who shows up with a downloaded Museum Day ticket. Seattle’s Museum of Flight (where regular admission is usually $25) is on the list this →

Museums

Celebrating the centenary of Bessie Coleman’s pilot license

06/15/21

On Monday, the National Air and Space Museum, and many others, marked the 100th anniversary of the day Bessie Coleman earned her pilot’s license – and changed history. Click through the links in the tweets below to learn more about this incredible woman and some of the men and women who were inspired by her →

Aviation history

Come Fly With Me: Book Features Celebs in Transit

04/12/21

Have you ever spotted a celebrity in the airport or on your flight during your travels? It’s a bit of a thrill, right? A new book coming out from Rizzoli called Come Fly With Me: Flying in Style, is filled with paparazzi-taken images of actors, rock stars, and others coming and going from airports around →

Celebrities

Travel news from airports here and there

03/29/21

Tuesday already? Stuck at the Airport is still doing some catch-up up on news, snaps, and travel tidbits airports shared on Monday. Like the pink cherry blossom lighting at Reagan National Airport (DCA). The links to short films courtesy of the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The Women’s History Month factoid about →

Airports

Travel Tidbits: chocolate, aviation history, bonus miles for rides

03/24/21

Alaska Airlines + Seattle Chocolate: good match We nibbled our way through the research for a story you’ll find on the Runway Way Girl Network about how Seattle Chocolate and Alaska Airlines worked together to develop an exclusive chocolate bar flavor for upper tier flyers as an in-flight perk. And how that bar is now →

Airports celebrate Women’s History Month

03/08/21

March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day. Both present a great opportunity to celebrate and learn more about the accomplishments of women. Here are a few tweets we spotted from airports and museums. Our favorite places. →

Aviation history

Amelia Earhart at Union Club Hotel in Indiana

03/04/21

Amelia Earhart installation at the Union Club Hotel at Purdue University →

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