May 2010

For those that fly frequently, you probably already have a favorite place to sit on the airplane. Some prefer the aisle while some the window. Some people head straight to the back, others insist on the front and still others want the emergency exit row. Most people have a reason for where they prefer to sit. Those that like the…

Airline travel has certainly come a long way since the Wright Brothers took that first flight back in 1903. While the first commercial flight took place a just a decade after that, travel by the predecessors of today’s jet airlines didn’t start until the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. Airline safety has made advancements in leaps and bounds since the…

Most of us have heard that traveling by airplane is statistically the safest form of travel. While this conclusion is highly debatable, it does seem as though we don’t hear as much about plane crashes as we do about car crashes or even train collisions. Typically, the only time we really hear about or pay attention to a plane crash…