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Tenerife at 47.

Plus: When Airplanes Drew Crowds, and Slippers That Don’t Suck.

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Room With a View

From Glorious to Ghastly, a Look Through the Curtains.

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MH 370, Ten Years On

A Story in Pieces.

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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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Terminal Racket. The Scourge of Airport Noise

Public Address Madness at a Terminal Near You.

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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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Dignified and Old

It’s a Nay Vote on Age 67.

Call Me Disappointed, and Here’s Why.

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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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Skyscape

Looking Up on “Cloud Appreciation Day.”

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Lucky and Good

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

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Two Pilots, One Pilot, No Pilots

The Conversation That Won’t Die.

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The Regional Reckoning

The End of the Regional Airline as We Knew It.

At Long Last, Entry-Level Pilots Can Earn a Decent Living.

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Who’s More Experienced, the Copilot or the Captain?

The Vagaries of Airline Seniority.

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A Gourmet Diversion. Savory Snapshots From 30,000 Feet.

Savory Snapshots to Help Us Remember Normalcy. And Because I’m Hungry.

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Moving in Place

Layover Rambles with Patrick Smith.

UPDATE: An Old-School Respite in Dakar.

Plus, Cincinnati’s Mosaics, and Paris in Four Bridges.

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Better Things to Talk About.

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

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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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Travel Photos: The Textures Series

Paint and Plaster Like You’ve Never Seen It.

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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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The Airport Lounge Crisis

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

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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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Full Circle

Fear and Loathing on a Beech in the Bahamas.

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