Travel articles Checking out Wilmington and Cape Fear, in coastal North Carolina
North Carolina has become steadily more popular with gay and lesbian travelers in recent years, especially as the state itself continues to become a bit more moderate politically, and even... More on Ditching Planes and the A320's Water-Friendly Design
Most flight crews get at least one day of training in a pool in swimsuits for that rarest of airline disasters, a ditching. If you think that sounds fun, you're wrong. Among other things, you have to demonstrate that you're a strong swimmer and that you're capable of climbing into and out of one of those inflatable evacuation chutes, which become life rafts in the water.
Miami Beach's Retro-Fabulous Fontainebleau Resort Reopens
Following a nearly three-year, $1 billion overhaul, that favorite retro-hip address of Rat Pack glitterati and old money Miami - the Fontainebleau Resort - reopened recently in Miami Beach. Never... Could You Survive an Airplane Crash Over Water?
Yesterday's miraculous Hudson River landing of US Airways Flight 1549 has given rise to all kinds of speculation about the chances of surviving a similar crash.
About.com's own Guide to Air... Ryanair: European Air Sale
Periodically, Ryanair pops up with pennies-per-seat sales, and they've got one on now for even less than pence: try free. This particular sale from the budget European air travel king...
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