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Ryanair Will Let You Use Cell Phones
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This morning, Ryanair announced (it’s a .doc) they’ve teamed up with OnAir to offer inflight mobile phone usage starting next summer. Bummer. I’m a big fan of inflight internet, because, well, it’s quiet, and it…
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Trip Report: Oh, But Ain’t That America (West)
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You know if I break out some of the Coug’s lyrics, it must involve a trip to Indiana. This was just a short trip to visit my girlfriend’s parents, and amazingly it was my first…
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FAA Encourages Airline Steroids in New York
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New York’s LaGuardia airport is not a big place. At least, it’s not big enough to handle all the demand that’s out there. You may remember a few years ago when the FAA decided to…
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MAXjet Decides to Gamble
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Raise your hand if you’ve heard of MAXjet. Then raise your hand again if you can tell me why airlines can’t just use normal capitalization rules in their names. If you live in New York,…
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NTSB Targets CF6-80 Engines
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Who remembers the American 767 that had an engine explode during maintenance at LAX back in June? If not, click here for some refresher photos taken by the LA Fire Department. It was pretty nasty.…
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Airplanes and Parachutes
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I’ve had a lot of people asking me about airplanes with parachutes lately, so I thought it would make for a worthy post here. In short, yes, there is an airplane that has a parachute…
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No Northwest Strike Tonight, But . . .
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This afternoon a judge ruled that, well, he’s not ready to rule yet. So he told the Northwest flight attendants they won’t be able to strike tonight at 10p Eastern as they originally planned. I…
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Lithium Ion Battery Owners Beware
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If you own a Dell laptop, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably heard about the tiny little problem of laptop batteries catching on fire. If you haven’t heard about it and you own a…
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There once was an airline from ACK . . .
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In what must be one of the more creative promotions around, Nantucket Airlines has decided to have a limerick contest. Everyone knows the famous limerick that begins, “There once was a man from Nantucket.” If…
