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For the past couple nights I've dreamed about being attacked by giant calamari; not the fried variety, but the long, gelatinous species, which wrap me up in big squid rings and push me into the sea. Which I'm sure has everything to do with spending ...

Picture yourself in a kayak. A sleek and brightly-hued orange plastic vessel, bobbing placidly in the calm surf. As your paddle rhythmically dips in and out of the water, you are surrounded by calm: the only sound the rise and fall of breath and ...

Not all aircrafts are destined to be cut into pieces and melted for reuse in another life. Here is a unique example of one in Costa Rica -- a fully-outfitted, meticulously detailed, two bedroom, Boeing 727 fuselage suite. This refurbished, vintage, ...

Last week was a momentous one for ol' Tuesday Travel Trivia. We awarded $400 worth of travel-related goodies to one lucky trivia player, Sammy1022, who somehow managed to answer all ten of our headache-inducing questions correctly. So a big ...

Development of Boeing's 747-800, heralded as a direct competitor to the A380 has been underway for several years now. The super jumbo jet will feature many of the same engineering marvels that the 787 will, including swept wings, cut engine nacelles ...

With the global economy what it is, it's probably not that surprising to read reports that Airbus is busy reducing deliveries of its much-vaunted A380 jumbo jet, the world's largest aircraft. The company announced recently that it would only deliver ...

Several buildings in Manhattan and New Jersey were evacuated earlier today, after officials spotted a Boeing 747 jumbo jet flying over the city escorted by fighter jets. As it turns out, the jet was one of President Barack Obama's backup aircraft ...

This past Friday, Gadling got a special invitation to tour V Australia's new Boeing 777 jumbo jet, the aircraft that will soon fly routes between California and Australia on the world's newest airline. We'll get to into all of the hobknobbery of ...

The Airbus A380 has been in service for over 16 months and a total of 13 of these monsters have been delivered to airlines around the world. One of those airlines is Qantas, who use the plane on their Sydney-Los Angeles route. Of course, a plane ...

Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer and largest competitor to Boeing, is reportedly working on an offer to provide the President with their A380 super jumbo to replace the outdated fleet of VC-25's currently being used. Of course, the whole ...

The end of an airline is upon us. While there are still a few wrinkles in th merger between Delta and Northwest Airlines to iron out, things are pretty much set in stone when they start repainting aircraft. To start, Delta, a carrier that has never ...

Imagine arriving at your Amsterdam airport hotel room and the first thing you see out the window is a burning Jumbo with a bunch of crash tenders on the runway. It took me about 10 seconds to remember passing the "jet' when we taxied to the ...

Earlier this fall, Scott posted about a unique hostel option at Stockholm-Arlanda airport. There, a rich businessman has bought an old Boeing 747 jumbo jet and refurbished it. Now it is a hostel, offering accommodation for 85 people, and it is ...

News of Improv Everywhere's latest prank has been zipping all over the Internet tubes in the last 24 hours, and dare I say, it's perhaps their most successful--and heartwarming--performance. Basically they managed to turn a little league game in ...

This week, as the Olympics ended, we welcomed blogger David Breisch to the Gadling fold. This was a busy week of diverse travel options, breakthroughs and oddities. Jerry tuned us into what travel to a volcanic island is like with two separate ...