On Thursday, I was part of a group of local business and community leaders who participated in a “Distinguished Visitor” embark to the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier currently en route to the Western Pacific. (More here.) The experience was incredible, almost indescribable, leaving me awed, exhausted, and immensely grateful. Not merely [...]
Scenes from an Aircraft Carrier
June 6th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Events, Hawaii, People, Video
Tags: aircraft·carrier·flight·landing·military·navy·reagan·takeoff
Flight Attendant Flummoxed by iPhone
October 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Gadgets, Hawaii Blog, Odd
On a recent trip to Hawaii on cheap discount airline ATA, an iPhone-toting traveler named Craig sparked a snit from a flight attendant when he had the audacity to safely operate an electronic device while in-flight. Despite the demonstrated use of the iPhone’s “airplane mode” — an interference-free setting common on most smartphones — it [...]
Tags: airline·airplane·airplanemode·ata·faa·flight·interference·iphone
