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PIE: 5 Things We Love About St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport

10/28/20
The ‘5 Things We Love About…” series on Stuck At The Airport celebrates features and amenities at airports around the country and the world. Today we land at Florida’s St. Pete – Clearwater International Airport (PIE). Originally named Pinellas International Airport – that’s where the airport call letters PIE come from – the airport was →

Treasure trove of TWA toy planes in Kansas City, MO

09/17/20
A favorite find from our visit to Kansas City, MO a while back is the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures. The museum boasts both the world’s largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one of the largest collections of historic toys on public display. If you had a favorite toy when you were a kid, it is likely →

STL: 5 Things We Love About St. Louis Lambert International Airport

08/19/20
[Updated August 30, 2020 with two ‘bonus’ items] Our “5 Things We Love About…” series celebrating features and amenities at airports around the country and the world lands today at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL). The airport is named in honor of Major Albert Bond Lambert, who learned to fly with the Wright Brothers →

Nellie Bly landing soon at Pittsburgh Int’l Airport

03/04/20
We take a short break from coronavirus coverage and anxiety today to give a cheer for Pittsburgh International Airport, which is celebrating Women’s History Month by putting a statue of legendary traveler and early investigative journalist Nellie Bly in the terminal. Bly, the pen name for Elizabeth Seaman Cochran, grew up in Western Pennsylvania and →
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