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Planes

Nostalgia for the Jumbo...and the end of plane spotting?

Nostalgia for the Jumbo…and the end of plane spotting?

by Frank (bbqboy)

Nostalgia for the Jumbo…and the end of plane spotting? A wave of nostalgia hit me this week when I heard that British Airways was immediately retiring its fleet of Boeing 747s. BA has the …

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Our Experience Flying during the Coronavirus

by Frank (bbqboy)

Flying during the Coronavirus July 9, 2020 Just a few days ago we flew Madrid – Paris – Montreal. It was an interesting experience. And it wasn’t just the flying. The experience started a day earlier …

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Airline Review of Air Baltic. Flying Lviv – Riga – Prague

by Frank (bbqboy)

Air Baltic Review When searching for flight options from Lviv to Prague Air Baltic came up as the most efficient and cheapest route. Word of warning though: there’s a lot of fine print and chances are …

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Yerevan to Kyiv to Lviv. A Review of Ukrainian Airlines

by Frank (bbqboy)

A Review of Ukrainian Airlines “Don’t fly Ukrainian Airlines” our Czech journalist friend warned us, “it’s not a safe airline, everyone on board was drunk and it was like a party in the air. It’s not …

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Schabak und Herpa. My Plane collections…

by Frank (bbqboy)

Schabak und Herpa I know, the title sounds like a German doctor telling you that you have a venereal disease. It’s not. I was cleaning up in my storage room last weekend when I came across my …

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Flying Natureair in Costa Rica….

by Frank (bbqboy)

Flying Natureair in Costa Rica…. If you haven’t zip-lined or bungee jumped I recommend the next closest thing to an extreme sport in Costa Rica: flying in a small plane. With the country being …

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