Space Shuttle Discovery to be flown into Dulles on April 17th
Space Shuttle Discovery’s final resting place is going to be the Udvar Hazy Air and Space museum, just off Washington, DC’s Dulles airport (IAD). It…
Aircraft
Yeah! I get to fly the 747-8i on it’s maiden route
Lufthansa just announced it’s first route for the brand new super-jumbo – the Boeing 747-8i. The will be flying the Frankfurt – Washington Dulles (FRA…
‘Child-free’ cabins on planes?
Malaysian Airlines is taking the first step towards what may become a trend – ‘Child Free’ cabins for adults who don’t want their flight…
What Flight Attendants want to say to you…
While scouring the internet for interesting things to blog about (it’s a slow news day), I ran across this article on Readers Digest (ok, I…
Electronics to be allowed on planes at all times?
Electronics as banned from being used on flights during take off and landing – much to the ire of celebrities and flight attendants. The exact…
Angry Flight attendants and cell phones on planes
Time magazine believes that the the #1 way to get a Flight attendant upset is to keep talking on your cell phone after they have…
First 787 already in retirement?!
What is the retirement age of a airplane after all? The brand new, yet to land at your nearest airport, Boeing 787 already has a…
Dubai and Singapore – Hubs to the world?
There are some unique cities around the world when it comes to flying. While they may be excellent destinations themselves, for long haul travelers, they…
Aviation History – Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum
The Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Air Space Museum, located right at the end of the runways of Washington’s Dulles (IAD) airport, is a virtual paradise for Aviation…
Cruising around Dulles
One of my pet peeves with Washington DC’s Dulles airport – IAD (which has been obviously designed by a group of Kindergartners for their graduation project) has been their people movers called ‘mobile lounges’ that they use to lug people between terminals. … On a side note, the mobile lounges are also used at Dulles airport to move some arriving international passengers from aircraft directly to immigration, in cases where the gates do not have an isolation corridor to redirect passengers to the immigration area.
