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The De-Ice Man Cometh

It’s That Time of Year Again.

Snow, Ice, and Airplanes. Everything You Need to Know About the Travails of Winter Flying.

THE EXPLODING TOILET and Other Memories

Not all mistakes are fatal. Some are worse.

Graffiti Geek

Lufthansa’s Greeting Placard is a Friendly Touch.

But It Was My Idea First.

Bush Boutique

Hippos and Haute Cuisine at a Zambian Safari Lodge.

The Airplane That Isn’t

Boeing Bet the Future on a Fifty Year-Old Design. Did it Lose?

When Is a Country Not a Country?

Border-Crossing Conundrums For Travelers

Letter From Ghana

Welcome to Room 420. Rubber Floors, Mysterious Odors and Inexplicable Artwork.

UPDATE: the Perils of Dining Abroad, and the World’s Worst Billboard.

The Things We Carry

Electronic Gadgets Are Supposed to Make Life Easier. Do They?

The truth about cabin air

Filthy, germ-laden, rotten, disgusting, wretched, skanky, rancid, putrid, fetid, and fart-filled are just a few of the adjectives used to describe cabin air, and legion are the accounts of flyers allegedly made ill by microscopic pathogens circulating throughout a plane. In reality, the air is very clean. On all modern aircraft, passengers and crew breathe […]