Travel articles
What's in Your Back Yard?
Yesterday I took some visiting friends to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. We spent a very pleasant hour and a half walking around this historic campus... "Miracle on the Hudson"
Conde Nast Traveler aviation correspondent Barbara Peterson learned how to ditch an aircraft as part of a flight attendant training course she underwent a few years ago. She shares her take on yesterday's incredible events--a USAirways flight landing in the...
Caitlin, Arm: Bedbug Bites
Caitlin's Arm: Pictures of bedbug bites by real people bitten by bedbugs. More Reasons to Love California: Dancing Cows, Au Courant Dishware, and Loveable Neighborhood Grocers
Brand-new Spruce has style and substance By Mollie Chen I had strawberries yesterday and it was a sad reminder of what we on the East Coast are missing. Even as I am excited to cook my favorite fall soup (green...
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.
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