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G. Rhodes
Sep 18, 20216 min read
The World's Oldest Airports
We’ve looked at the history and development of certain Boeing aircraft on this blog site but what about airports themselves? The first...
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G. Rhodes
Sep 11, 20216 min read
Land of the Midnight Sun
With a whirlwind two days in London behind us, our group set off on a sunny Saturday morning in late June for the Port of Southampton to...
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G. Rhodes
Sep 4, 20216 min read
United Leads Industry in Vaccination Push
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccines are becoming more widespread. Some employers are firing workers who won't take the vaccine while others are...
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G. Rhodes
Aug 28, 20216 min read
Off to London Before Cruising to Norway
One of our friends is from Norway and several years ago, he led us on a wonderful adventure to his native land aboard a week-long Cunard...
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G. Rhodes
Aug 21, 20216 min read
More Once-in-a-Lifetime Bucket List Trips
Travel has been on somewhat of a seesaw lately. We’ve seen a steady increase in the number of Americans getting vaccinated against the...
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G. Rhodes
Aug 14, 20216 min read
Charleston Continued to Charm Us
After our lunch at the Rooftop Bar, we were anxious to visit the historic Fort Sumter National Monument at the entrance to Charleston...
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G. Rhodes
Aug 7, 20215 min read
Carriers Report Mixed Results
The coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on airlines around the world and those in America are no exception. But as of early August,...
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G. Rhodes
Jul 31, 20215 min read
Inside A Weekend in Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina has always been one of our favorite cities in the Southeast. Feeling somewhat "cooped up" lately, we planed a...
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G. Rhodes
Jul 24, 20215 min read
Into the Sunset: The Story of Eastern Airlines
Some of us can remember a time when any number of US airlines graced the skies, both near and far. Most dated back to the early days of...
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G. Rhodes
Jul 17, 20215 min read
A Visit to the Channel Islands
Ever since my wife read the New York Times bestseller by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows,“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie...
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G. Rhodes
Jul 10, 20215 min read
The Future of Travel
What will the future of travel look like? I don’t mean a resumption of the status quo post-pandemic. I’m thinking about how we might...
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G. Rhodes
Jul 3, 20215 min read
A Little History and the US Air Force Museum
While many of the Presidential Libraries and Museums have remained closed for well over a year due to COVID-19, my interest in history...
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G. Rhodes
Jun 26, 20216 min read
Once-in-a-Lifetime Bucket List Trips
While travel has been on the upswing lately, thanks to ever-increasing numbers of Americans getting vaccinated against the coronavirus,...
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G. Rhodes
Jun 19, 20216 min read
Savoring the Sights of Sydney
Our early morning taxi ride to the Shangri-La Hotel from Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport took about 40 minutes, mostly in traffic even...
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G. Rhodes
Jun 12, 20216 min read
This Has to Stop
In any given year, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) deals with somewhere between 100 to 150 cases of disruptive inflight...
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G. Rhodes
Jun 5, 20216 min read
To Sydney In Style
After a very pleasant stay in Hong Kong, my son and I said “good bye” to the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel in the early afternoon and returned...
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G. Rhodes
May 29, 20215 min read
Reactivating Parked Aircraft: How American Did It
Increasing numbers of passengers are being screened each day by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), indicating that more...
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G. Rhodes
May 22, 20216 min read
Visiting Asia's World City
My son and I were happy to arrive at the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong after nearly 24 hours of travel from the US East Coast....
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G. Rhodes
May 15, 20216 min read
Two New Low-Cost US Carriers
America just welcomed its newest low-cost carrier. Avelo Airlines launched commercial service on April 28 with a round-trip flight within...
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G. Rhodes
May 8, 20216 min read
Another Great Adventure Takes Flight
Following the success of the trip I’d taken to Asia with my younger son, before too long I made plans to undertake another journey, this...
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