This is just plane fun. On Thursday, Alaska Airlines unveiled the world’s largest salmon: a 91,000 pound, 129-foot long fish-themed Boeing 737-800 at a ceremony in Anchorage. The new “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II” is almost identical to an earlier version of the paint scheme the airline used on a 737-400 in 2005. (That plane was re-painted with […]
I had the honor of being a judge for one of the awards handed out Monday night at the APEX Awards Ceremony to honor airlines for excellence in passenger experience. (APEX is the Airline Passenger Experience Association, an organization of airlines, suppliers and related companies holding its annual APEX EXPO in Long […]
This lovely, short video produced at Utah Valley University hits many of the highlights of the history of aviation, from Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of flying machines to modern day space travel.
This is just plane fun. On Thursday, Alaska Airlines unveiled the world’s largest salmon: a 91,000 pound, 129-foot long fish-themed Boeing 737-800 at a ceremony in Anchorage. The new “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II” is almost identical to an earlier version of the paint scheme the airline used on a 737-400 in 2005. (That plane was re-painted with […]
I had the honor of being a judge for one of the awards handed out Monday night at the APEX Awards Ceremony to honor airlines for excellence in passenger experience. (APEX is the Airline Passenger Experience Association, an organization of airlines, suppliers and related companies holding its annual APEX EXPO in Long […]
This lovely, short video produced at Utah Valley University hits many of the highlights of the history of aviation, from Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of flying machines to modern day space travel.
Last June the RV industry celebrated its 100 anniversary and, for a story about the history of the RV industry that appeared on msnbc.com Travel, I visited the Recreational Vehicle/Manufactured Home Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Indiana. The museum displays the ‘house car’ Paramount Studios provided for movie star Mae West, a homemade […]
Troubles in the Eurozone have caused the organization representing 240 of the world’s airlines and 84% of global air traffic to revise its overall outlook for the airline industry. Based on current actions being taken to try to avert a credit crunch in the Eurozone and additional measures central banks are expected to take to […]