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The Airport Lounge as Intended.

Plus: the New LGA, and Long Live the Air France Livery.

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Potomac

Some Thoughts on the Washington Crash

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The Year Ahead

What’s in Store For 2025?

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Happy Birthday to the (Second) Greatest Album of All Time

New Day Rising at 40.

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Out With a Bang

Farewell, 2024. Two Deadly Crashes Close Out the Year.

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Lockerbie at 36.

Remembering Flight 103.

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The Drones Danger

The Collision Hazard is Real.

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Down and Out at the El San Juan

A Planespotting Memoir from 1980.

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Fearful Flyers Click Here

Consultations Are Again Available For Nervous Passengers.

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Counting Up, Counting Down

It’s Been 23 Years Since Our Last Major Air Disaster.

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Dollars and Sense

Pilot Salaries, Then and Now.

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When is a Country Not a Country?

Border Crossing Conundrums for Travelers

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My Election Curse

Politicians, Planes, and Pilot Black Magic.

Is This How Donald Trump Won?

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Top Flight

The Three Most Important Planes in History.

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Ask the Pilot Christmas, 2024

Memories of Holidays Aloft.

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Autumn Macabre

Halloween: Aviation’s Unluckiest Day.

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The Secret Lives of Flight Numbers

Where Do Flight Numbers Come From? Do They Harbor Some Hidden Meaning?

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The Airport Lounge Crisis

Crowds, Kids, Noise… the Lounge Has Lost Its Luster.

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Full Circle

Fear and Loathing on a Beech in the Bahamas.

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