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Category: Airlines

A Little “Diversion” on Trip to Peru

October 20, 2013 Sandy Parks 2 comments
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Overseas flights tend to be long, tiring, and for hubby and me, who seemed to be frowned upon by the Trim Gods, frequented by electrical problems that cause delays or diversions in the airliner’s flight plan. To prove my point,

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Ever been fumigated on a plane before?

December 29, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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Hunting through plane photos, I came across one I hadn’t added to my collection of travel aircraft. Part of what I like in traveling is to check out planes of other countries and the often unique towers at airports. On

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Another A380

November 7, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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Found another A380 to add to my photo collection of those that I’ve seen while travelling. This one is an Air France loading and leaving Charles de Gaulle International Airport. October 2, 2012.

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Flight to Morocco Part II:

October 21, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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In my last post, our aircraft to Paris was turning back to Atlanta Hartsfield while dumping fuel. (Check out the previous True Airspeed Morocco blog if you missed the first part to the story.) I expected fire trucks would escort

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Morocco – Part One: Fuel Dump

October 18, 2012 Sandy Parks One comment
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The best laid plans… Some say the start will reflect the finish. I’m here to claim that isn’t always true. Our vacation to Morocco started out with ominous circumstances. How ominous you ask? Being usual air travelers (a common occurrence

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Wheels up to Korea and China

October 24, 2011 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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A trip to the far reaches of this planet (in any reasonable time period) inevitably requires air travel. Armed with my iPad, one medium suitcase, one small suitcase, two small carry-on bags, a camera bag, and a canvas beach bag for stuffing

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