EXPRESS BLOG

Finally, Airplane Slippers That Don’t Suck.

Plus: Desert Desecration, and the Collision in Japan.

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FUTURE TENSE

2023 Was One of Safest Years in Aviation History.

So Why Am I Nervous?

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When a Wing Comes Apart.

Or When it Doesn’t.

Plus: How Today’s Media Breeds Alarm.

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Welcome to “Hidden Airport”

Unexpected Pleasures at a Terminal Near You.

UPDATE: MSPee Break, and the Norfolk Special.

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Long Live the Airport Marquee

From Madrid to Mali, Signs Greet Passengers With a Touch of Drama and Flair.

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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.

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Dignified and Old

It’s a Nay Vote on Age 67.

Call Me Disappointed, and Here’s Why.

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Better Things to Talk About.

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. What it Does and Doesn’t Mean.

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Marriage Minded

A Tale of Two Tails in the Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Proposal.

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Psyching Out

Pilots and Mental Health.

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Q&A With the Pilot, Volume 6

Pilot PAs, Landing Gear, Missing Windows, and My Strange Aversion to Concerts.

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Skyscape

Looking Up on “Cloud Appreciation Day.”

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Terminal Racket. The Scourge of Airport Noise

Public Address Madness at a Terminal Near You.

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Open Door Policy

Passenger Opens Door During Flight; Pilot (This One) Looks Stupid.

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Full Circle

Fear and Loathing on a Beech in the Bahamas.

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Lucky and Good

Recent Events Have Put Air Safety in the Spotlight. Here’s Some Perspective.

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The Rolling Report Card

The Latest, Greatest, Worst and Most Nauseating Paint Schemes.

UPDATE: Air India’s Goofy Gold.

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Flying With Air Baltic

To Tallinn and Riga on a Quasi-LCC.

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Jet Bridge Blues

Is There Not a Better Way?

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Ode to the 757

The Performance of Boeing’s Venerable Twin-Jet Can’t be Matched.

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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 Latest Books by Jonathan Franzen and Gary Shteyngart

Upstate Angst and a Heartland Masterpiece.

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The Airplane That Isn’t

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

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A “Life List” of Planes

Get Your Memories Out.

And, the Weird Similarities Between Airplane Geeks and Birders.

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Biometric Wonder

Where Does Facial Recognition Data Come From?

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Me and My Sharpie

The Pilot’s Most Indispensable Tool.

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Travel Photos: The Textures Series

Paint and Plaster Like You’ve Never Seen It.

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The Airport Lounge Crisis

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

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