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New Quiet Zone on Planes

Dale Mussen — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:00:57 +0000

I love kids and I love babies, but when you’re on a four hour flight and surrounded by six babies that screamed the entire way, it’s more than anybody should have to deal with. It happened to me on a flight out to California for Thanksgiving and I felt bad for the parents of those babies. What are they supposed to do? They tried their best to keep them quiet, but I think it was the change in altitude that was driving the babies crazy and they kept screaming.

Lightning Strikes Airplane [VIDEO]

Dale Mussen — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:25:07 +0000

You hear about it once in a while but not too often you actually get to see it – lightning striking an airplane. Somebody happened to be shooting a video of a plane landing at London’s Heathrow Airport when the plane loaded with passengers was struck by lightning multiple times. Planes have lightning suppression devices that absorb [...]

San Francisco To Paris In Two Minutes

Dale Mussen — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:00:50 +0000

There was a time when air travel was a very special occasion. I remember our family taking a California vacation when I was a kid and all of us got dressed up to get on the plane. My father and I both wore a jacket and tie. My mom and sisters wore dresses. That's the way it was. Back then passengers were actually served meals during their flights. We got both breakfast and lunch heading out to California - and it was part of the price of the ticket. There were no hassles at security having to nearly strip to get to the gate. No charges for baggage. It was a different time and I miss it.