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Raise a glass of milk to the flying cow

02/16/26

February 18th is “Elm Farm Ollie Day,” which pays tribute to the day in 1930 when a gentle Guernsey cow was flown 72 miles from Bismarck, Missouri to the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri aboard a Ford Trimotor plane. As if a flying cow isn’t unusual enough, the cow, also known as Nellie →

Animals

Wee Delft Blue house marks KLM’s 106 birthday

10/08/25

If you fly on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as a Business Class passenger on an intercontinental flight, you’ll get to choose a tiny Delft Blue house from a cart rolled down the aisle towards the end of the flight. Don’t pass up the offer. KLM has been gifting these miniature gin-filled houses representing special buildings →

Airlines

KLM unveils its 105th Delft Blue miniature house

10/07/24

Want a free house? KLM, the Netherlands’ flag carrier, gives them away for free. There are strings, of course. And more to the story. You need to be flying in business class on an intercontinental flight. And the houses are just 4 inches high. But they are filled with Dutch gin and are part of →

Airlines

Travel Tidbits From An Airport Near You

04/04/23

Cool New Kids’ Play Area at Portland International Airport The family travel team at Stuck at the Airport knows that traveling with kids can be trying. That’s why we’re delighted to see airports adding or refreshing play areas with creative and engaging features. The latest on the scene is at Portland International Airport (PDX). There, →

How Airports & Airlines Marked April Fools Day

04/02/23

We were pleased to see so many airports and airlines – and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation – Amtrak – having so much fun on April Fools Day. Aviation museums also got in on the fun. Here are some of the April Fools Day “news items” we encountered. Let us know if we missed some →

KLM’s newest Delftware miniature house

10/10/22

If you’re a fan of airline collectibles, you may already have a handful – or perhaps dozens – of the gin-filled miniature Delftware houses KLM Royal Dutch Airlines gifts to passengers flying in the carrier’s long-haul business class cabins. KLM has been handing out these charming and, now, highly sought-after, souvenirs since the 1950s. And →

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Miniature houses have big role in KLM history

10/27/19

Well-known airlines such as Pan Am, TWA, US Airways and Virgin America are long gone. And in just the past two years more than two dozen other airlines went from soaring to shuttered. So, it is noteworthy that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines turned 100 on October 7. The Dutch flag carrier is not only one →

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KLM Turns 100

10/14/19

Dutch flag carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is one of the world’s oldest airlines and the oldest airline still flying under its original name. The airline celebrated its centenary on Monday, October 7 with more than 3500 friends, frequent flyers and supporters at a party inside an airplane hangar at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. At the →

Airlines

KLM turns 100 on Oct 7

10/06/19

KLM, Royal Dutch Airways, turns 100 on October 7 and celebrations marking the milestone event are already underway. A great exhibit drawing from KLM’s extensive collection of more the 250,000 images has been on view at the Amsterdam City Archives. And on October 7, a hoopla event will take place in a KLM hangar at →

Airlines

Airplane of the future? It may be the “Flying-V”

06/04/19

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is investing in a cool, new airplane design, the Flying-V. →

Airplanes

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