By Drake Bell February 21, 2017 Original Story

By Robert Silk March 1, 2017 Original Story It’s just past 6:30 on a Saturday evening in Pacoima, Calif., in February, and a well-heeled crowd of approximately 60 people has gathered in an unsightly warehouse district in this San Fernando Valley town, 25 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, for a most unique dining experience. Jim Atwood, a recreational pilot and the chairman of the Wine & Food Society of Oregon, has traveled here from Portland with his wife, Dana. Rob Ekern of Phoenix has come with his date, Barb Cecrle, who lives in Tucson. Drake Bell lives locally, in the community of Silver Lake, and he’s arrived dudded in a garish blue suit that could only have come from […]

April 7, 2017 Original Story With US and UK authorities announcing a ban on iPads and other large electronic devices on flights to the Middle East, we recall what else was once permitted at 35,000 feet. 1. Smoke Ah, the golden age of flying. When air hostesses were glamorous, passengers were both dashing and polite, and fliers could enjoy an unfiltered cigarette with their G&T. Given that smoking is now banned in just about every public place in Britain, and the terror fears that grip the aviation industry today, it seems mad that air passengers were permitted to light up a Lucky Strike in the sky as recently as the 1990s. “Having a smoking section in the plane was like […]

By Steve Przybilla April 24, 2017 Original Story Die legendäre Fluggesellschaft Pan Am lebt – in einer nachgebauten Boeing 747 in Los Angeles. Talaat Captan, Gründer von «Pan Am Experience», erklärt, warum seine Kunden mehrere hundert Dollar für etwas Nostalgie ausgeben. Um ein paar Stunden in einer nachgebauten Flugzeugkabine zu sitzen, geben Ihre Gäste bis zu 345 Dollar aus. Warum? Weil sie im Jahr 1970 sind, sobald sie unser Studio betreten. Die Uniformen, der Ticketschalter, die Sitze, die Bar – alles sieht exakt so aus wie in der goldenen Zeit des Fliegens. Sie steigen in unsere Boeing 747 ein, hören Frank Sinatra, essen ein edles Menu und können im Duty-free-Shop sogar die Parfums von damals kaufen. Darauf fahren die Leute besonders […]