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Can Feeding Pigeons Get You in Trouble with the Law?
It sure can, if the birds turn out to be a major safety hazard for airplanes at a nearby airport. Here’s the story of how 59-year-old business owner (and bird lover) Charles Douglas got arrested over...
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September 11th and the Hospitable People of Gander, Newfoundland
In the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks, our Canadian neighbors sprang into action to help clear American airspace of any other potentially dangerous flights. The action was known as...
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Come Fly the Busy Skies
Photo: D. Byron Darby D. Bryon Darby’s new home in Arizona, is directly within the flight path of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, so what’s a photographer to do? He made an art project out...
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How to Sneak a Cobra Past Customs
It’s time to unlock your body’s full potential. 1. Friends in High Places In 2003, a 28-year-old Swedish man named Johan Adolfsson took a nine-hour flight from Thailand to Australia with eight...
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Hello Kitty Airport Gate
Douglas Adams noted: It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the phrase, ‘as pretty as an airport.’ Airports are ugly. Some are very ugly. Some attain a degree of...
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The 10 Largest Airports in the World As Seen From Above
I’ve always loved flying, especially the approach to a new airport from above – the joy of discovering the runway and terminal design for the first time, etc. Below you’ll find interesting aerial...
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11 Seriously Amazing Customer Service Stories
Imagine joking around by Tweeting that you want Mortons to meet you with a steak when land at an airport -and actually having them do it. That’s exactly what happened to Peter Shankman: It just...
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11 Amazing Reader-Submitted Air Travel Facts
Last month, while Jason was flying home from Chicago, he asked readers to submit their most amazing facts related to air travel. We’ve combed through the submissions, fact-checked our favorites, and...
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Skip the Long Security Lines at the Airport with a Wheelchair
Long wait at the airport security line? Savvy travelers know the shortcut: simply request an airport wheelchair, no proof of disability required! The practice, tacitly endorsed by a “don’t ask, don’t...
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Flying 150,000 Miles Over 64 Days Without Landing
In 1959, Bob Timm and John Wayne Cook took off from the Las Vegas airport in a Cessna 172 for the longest airplane flight of their lives. Or anyone’s life! They stayed aloft for for 64 days, 22 hours,...
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