aviation history

All the latest articles about aviation history

Travel news from airports here and there
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 […]
Travel Tidbits: chocolate, aviation history, bonus miles for rides
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 […]
PIE: 5 Things We Love About St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport
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
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
[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 […]
4 / 54