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Got kids? Do you fly with them? Here’s a worthwhile run-down of travelling tips for flying with kids.

Ever thought about taking your sex toys with you on an airplane? The San Francisco Chronicle put together this excellent guide about handling sex toys and air travel and luggage. Here’s a sample:
If you’re one of the 500,000 (half a million!) people traveling to San Francisco for this year’s Pride Parade, before you [...]

In case you didn’t know, cell phones don’t crash airplanes. Here’s what the folk at PC World had to say about this in their article, 21 Things ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know.
The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration have each recommended that airlines not allow passengers to use cell phones during commercial [...]

Here’s a can-do tale of awesome from the BBC: Passenger fixes faulty airliner:
Passengers on Thomas Cook flight TCX9641 from Menorca were told to expect an eight-hour wait while an engineer was flown out from the UK.
One passenger then identified himself as a qualified aircraft engineer and offered to try to remedy the fault.
He was successful, [...]

Getting the seat you want may or may not be a big deal to you. That’s fine — if it is, this is a roundup of MSNBC’s article on how to get the best seat on an airplane:

Join a frequent flier program
Buy your tickets early
Consider purchasing a better seat
Select your seat when you book
Confirm your [...]

I don’t own a pet, but if I did this guide would be way useful. It breaks down in airline-by-airline detail the nuances of flying-with-pet rules and fees. It lists the steps necessary to get your pet out and in the airplane:

Determine if your pet is able to travel
Determine which airlines will allow your pet [...]

NPR breaks down a bunch of modern air travel myths. Seems that today’s airplane passenger has a few too many rusty ideas about the way things oughta work. These are a few of my favorites:

Nothing is more thrilling and glamorous than modern jet flight.
When you purchase a ticket, you expect to travel to the city [...]

So I see this link to a page of “Funny Air Traffic Control quotes.” Figure any list of funny quotes is probably a good list. Man was I wrong. To be fair, it might not be the air traffic controllers’ fault they’re not funny. It might be they don’t have a good set-up man. Or [...]

Interesting bits about air travel and varying levels of mental damage:

Flights east are harder on the system than flights west.
Jet lag gets to be an issue when crossing more than three time zones.
Unless you’re staying in your destination more than three days, it’s not worth “switching” to the new time zone.

» Read the BBC [...]