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Category Archives: aviation
Longest roadway tunnels under North American airports
The following list identifies the longest road tunnels in the North America that operate beneath airport infrastructure. Any additional, corrections, or suggestions are most welcome, particularly for those tunnels without data or of other locations not included. 3,696 feet … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, bridges, Canada, cities, history, infrastructure, land use, North America, planning, spatial design, traffic, transportation, Travel, tunnels, urban planning
Tagged airports, runways, taxiways, tunnels
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Poll about the future of the Boeing 737 Max
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, commerce, deregulation, government, product design, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged 737 Max, air travel, aircraft, airplanes, Boeing, design, safety
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Favorite aerospace museums visited to date
Titan Missile Museum – Green Valley, AZ: best of the best – they focus on one topic and do it extremely well. The one and only place you can see a retired Titan Missile literally sitting in it’s underground launch … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, art, aviation, geography, historic preservation, history, military, Outer Space, pictures, placemaking, product design, Science, technology, tourism, Travel
Tagged aerospace, engineering, flight, hall of fame, missiles, museums, Science, space
The UK’s loneliest commercial airports
http:// Many are familiar with crowded international airports in the United Kingdom like London Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, City, and Luton; as well as Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. However, the following list identifies the ten (10) least busy (loneliest) commercial airports … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, Europe, geography, planning, Statistics, tourism, transportation, Travel, U.K., UK
Tagged air travel, airports, islands, passengers, statistics, tourism, transportation, travel, UK
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Ten Planning Lessons from Albuquerque
We have been enjoying an awesome trip to New Mexico. This post about Albuquerque is the first of several that will be written about the state, is residents, and its communities. Paz! The preservation and protection of the original 1706 … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative transportation, architecture, aviation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, Cuisine, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, spatial design, sprawl, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged Albuquerque, art, El Vado Motel, KIMO Theatre, New Mexico, Nob Hill, Old Town, Petroglyph National Monument, Rail-Runner, Route 66
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Airlines Need to Respect Small and Mid-sized Markets, Too
Over the past weekend (Feb.17/18), my wife and I went through airline/airport hell during the latter half of our trip home from a wonderful vacation in Arizona. While we didn’t mind the extra four hours in the sunny Southwest due … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, business, cities, commerce, deregulation, economic development, environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, shipping, Statistics, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, weather
Tagged transportation, travel, weather delays
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Snoring and Buttcracks: A Snowstorm Sleepover at O’Hare
It’s been a long day…night…day. At the conclusion of our trip to Tucson, Old Man Winter decided to play havoc with airline schedules. A few inches of snow delayed or cancelled many flights in and out of O’Hare International Airport … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, Cities, commerce, infrastructure, planning, product design, tourism, Transportation, Travel
Tagged O'Hare Airport
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Celebrating 100 Years of Airmail Service – The Transcontinental Airfields
As a follow up to the first post depicting the airfields that served the New York City to Washington, DC flight corridor, this blogpost celebrates the series or airfields that served as the backbone of early airmail service across the … Continue reading
Celebrating 100 Years of Airmail Service – The First Airfields
In 1918 the Post Office Department (now United States Postal Service) initiated airmail service between Washington, DC and New York City with a stop in Philadelphia – Service began on May 15, 1918 using Army pilots, but was fully taken … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, commerce, Communications, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, Maps, planning, politics, transportation
Tagged airfields, airmail, airplanes, Belmont Park, Bustleton, College Park Airfield, Hazelhust, Post Office, Potomac Park Polo Ground
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