Flights

Who is D. B. Cooper? D. B. Cooper was (and is) an enigma.  In 1971, he hijacked a plane, demanded and received $200,000 in ransom money, and then parachuted away. No one knows what happened to him since. The Day of the Hijacking He took a Northwest Orient Airlines flight …

A pilot recently opened up about his experience (barely) surviving a plane crash and 43 hours in the woods afterwards. His harrowing story is located here.  But I want to warn you that there are graphic details about his injuries in the story. He was flying with a friend around the …

When you hear “stunt plane,” you probably think of this: But apparently, someone has ventured into the world of using wide-body planes as stunt planes.  Namely, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. According to Popular Mechanics: Last years for the 2015 Paris Air Show, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner decked out in Vietnam …

We’ve all been there.  We receive a notification that our flight was cancelled.  Everyone runs to the gate agents or lounge agents.  Everyone pulls out their phone. When there’s been major cancellations, I had trouble getting rebooked as a top-tier elite on my airline.  You can’t get prioritized to the front …

Do you know whether or not it is legal to bring alcohol through airport security?  Do you know whether you are allowed to drink your own alcohol on the plane? I did a survey of travelers and came up with this infographic explaining what they thought vs. reality. Edit: Keep scrolling …

A pilot was en route to South America when he began approaching a thunderstorm.  He seized the opportunity to take a photo, and got one just as a lightning strike happened. The results were pretty awesome. From the Washington Post: The photo was taken over the Pacific Ocean from the cockpit …

Another day, another dollar, another award chart change.  This time, it’s Hyatt.  Pizza in Motion has the scoop on all the changes. I’m sad to see the Dallas properties go up in points values because that’s where I travel most frequently.  But the hotels by me have gone down, so …

Okay, I seriously cannot stop laughing.  Jack Hanna learned the hard way why only one person (or bird) should go through the turnstile at one time. Jack Hanna landed at the Ohio State University Airport after the terminal itself had closed back in 2007.  The only way to exit was through …

These luggage tags are a really smart idea and I had never thought of them before. Whenever I pack a checked bag, I make sure to put a detailed itinerary inside.  I include where I will be, the dates I will be there, and contact numbers along the journey.  But …

Detroit Free Press is reporting some insane pricing coming out of Delta flights.  What a strange Delta error. For example: A search on Friday for flights from San Francisco to Detroit for Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 showed the non-stop coach fare was $13,735 round-trip — more than $7,000 each way. First class was showing more than …