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Aviation-themed waterpark lands in Oregon

Aviation-themed waterpark opens in Oregon. Slides start inside a Boeing 747 mounted on a 60-foot building.

Reagan Airport: self-service landings?

Two planes landed on their own late Tuesday night at Washington's Reagan Airport because there was no one in the air traffic control tower. Or else the person there was sleeping.

Do you remember your first airplane ride?

Stories and souvenirs of that first airplane ride.

Stuck at… San Diego International Airport?

Fresh art at San Diego International Airport.

FAA: no more emergency oxygen in airplane bathrooms

Citing security concerns, the federal government in secrecy last month ordered every airline in the United States to remove emergency oxygen from the lavatory on all 6,000 domestic commercial aircraft.

Souvenir Sunday: Aerotropolis

A new book: Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next, explores the idea of planning cities around airports.

Aviation-themed waterpark lands in Oregon

Aviation-themed waterpark opens in Oregon. Slides start inside a Boeing 747 mounted on a 60-foot building.

Reagan Airport: self-service landings?

Two planes landed on their own late Tuesday night at Washington's Reagan Airport because there was no one in the air traffic control tower. Or else the person there was sleeping.

Do you remember your first airplane ride?

Stories and souvenirs of that first airplane ride.

Stuck at… San Diego International Airport?

Fresh art at San Diego International Airport.

FAA: no more emergency oxygen in airplane bathrooms

Citing security concerns, the federal government in secrecy last month ordered every airline in the United States to remove emergency oxygen from the lavatory on all 6,000 domestic commercial aircraft.

Souvenir Sunday: Aerotropolis

A new book: Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next, explores the idea of planning cities around airports.

Museum Monday: Discover the Airport! Exhibit at Syracuse Airport

There are more than 700 aviation and space-related museums in this country. Each Monday we visit one of them.  Eventually we’ll hit them all. This week’s pick: the Discover the Airport! Exhibit at New York’s Syracuse Hancock International Airport. The exhibit is located right there in the main lobby of the airport terminal and includes […]

Museum Monday: LAX Flight Path Learning Center and Museum

There are close to 700 aviation & space museums around the county and in my recent msnbc.com column Aviation and Space Museums that Soar, I only had room to list six of them. The best of the rest we’ll get to know here, during Museum Mondays on StuckatTheAirport.com. Last week, it was the New England […]

Museum Monday: New England Air Museum

I’ve been getting a lot of guff from aviation museum fans upset that I didn’t include their favorite museum in my recent msnbc.com column – Aviation and space museums that soar. I was asking for it.  There are close to 600 aviation and space museums in the country. And with room in the column for […]

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