Buzzing the Toulouse tower
As part of the Star Alliance Mega Do event last week just over 200 of us chartered a 757-300 to fly around Europe for the...
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A week-long Frequent Flyer party
GoJet CRJ-700 N153GJ operating as United Express, my ride to Chicago, with a Continental 737 in the background When the concept of the “Star Alliance...
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International in-flight internet is back!
After a lot of speculation over the past couple weeks, Lufthansa has made it official: they’re bringing in-flight internet connectivity back to their long-haul fleet. ...
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The best thing to come out of the UN General Assembly meeting
Road closures, heavy police presence, annoying news stories about various world leaders. Nothing good can come out of the UN General Assembly meeting each fall...
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Happy Birthday, B747
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the first Boeing 747’s roll off the assembly line. It continues to taunt me to this day, denying me...
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Competition arrives for in-flight Internet
In-flight Internet service in the United States has been dominated by one name – gogo. Their service is being adopted rapidly across the country, with...
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Celebrating Continental’s 75th Birthday
Happy Birthday, CO! Celebrating a birthday is always cause for a party, and when it is a major milestone birthday – such as number 75...
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Dreamliner first flight postponed. Again.
Just when it seemed like Boeing was finally really making progress in getting the 787 Dreamliner into the air they’ve hit another snag. This time...
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Boeing’s Dreamliner on the verge of first flight
Sure, it is a couple years behind schedule, but better late than never, right? Over the past week there has been a ton of activity...
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Going on a tour with Boeing
With an eleven hour layover in Seattle yesterday I felt compelled to get out of the airport and actually do something useful with my time....