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    Do You Need A Key To Start An Airplane?

    by SharonKurheg February 14, 2020
    by SharonKurheg February 14, 2020

    Say you’re a pilot and you’re going to be flying today. You get to your plane and are ready to go inside it. Do you need a key to open …

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    Why Are We Still Obsessed With Airplanes?

    by joeheg January 20, 2020
    by joeheg January 20, 2020

    It’s been over 100 years since the first flight and we’re still obsessed with the idea of flying. Whenever a plane flies overhead, it’s an innate reaction to look up …

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    Why I Cancelled My Amex Premium, End Of WDW’s Free Transportation?, Global Entry Good/Bad News, Uber Loses License In One Of Its Biggest Markets, & More

    by SharonKurheg January 2, 2020
    by SharonKurheg January 2, 2020

    Never mind a whole new month, it’s a whole new year! Happy New Year, travel friends! Here are our most popular posts for December 2019. Some of them were actually …

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    When Your Trip Is Approaching And Things Are Starting To Get Real

    by joeheg November 22, 2019
    by joeheg November 22, 2019

    Eventually, you get to a point in time when a trip begins to get real. You’ve already arranged for transportation, whether it’s just a road trip or a flight halfway …

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    Five Things Star Wars Geeks Love About United’s The Rise of Skywalker Plane

    by joeheg November 21, 2019
    by joeheg November 21, 2019

    When at the airport, one thing that always gets passengers excites is seeing a plane with a different paint job. Southwest has planes painted to celebrate many of the states …

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    Our Dinner Inside Disney’s Haunted Mansion, Woman Boards Flight With No ID Or Ticket, How To Prevent Items From Being Stolen At X-Ray, & More!

    by SharonKurheg November 8, 2019
    by SharonKurheg November 8, 2019

    And BOOM, another month is done! Hello, November! Here are our most popular posts for October 2019. Some of them were actually written before October (heads up that rules and …

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    Ways To Avoid Baggage Fees, How To Get To The Gate Without A Ticket, Ways To Make A Disney Vacation Cheaper, How To NOT Drive A Plane, & More!

    by SharonKurheg October 30, 2019
    by SharonKurheg October 30, 2019

    Happy Wednesday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, …

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    Why Toilets On Planes Are So Loud & The Researchers That Made A Way To Make Them More Quiet

    by SharonKurheg October 22, 2019
    by SharonKurheg October 22, 2019

    Toilets on planes are loud. I mean really loud. Loud enough where they’ve scared people (especially kids), been discussed by stand up comedians, imitated by an a cappella music group, …

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    How Do Airlines Schedule So Many Flights, All At The Same Time?

    by SharonKurheg October 4, 2019
    by SharonKurheg October 4, 2019

    Every day, the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization provides service to more than 44,000 flights, for a total of 16.1+M flights per year. If you look at worldwide numbers, estimates from …

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    What Happens If a Plane Is Struck By Lightning While In Flight?

    by SharonKurheg September 3, 2019
    by SharonKurheg September 3, 2019

    According to the National Weather Service, lightning strikes about 25 million times a year and kills an average of 49 people. But how often does it strike planes? Believe it …

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