Dan Bubb In The News
Travel + Leisure
In this contemporary age of commercial aviation, it's easy to forget just how amazing it is that we can fly around the globe with ease. And that's why it's so important to visit aviation museums across the country. All 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., have at least one institution dedicated to flying, whether that's a major air and space museum, an aviation hall of fame, or an exhibit about various flight-adjacent topics, like famous aviators or iconic airlines.
Scientific American
“Hoots and derision—which did not worry me at all,” Lilian Bland wrote, describing her visit to an air show in Blackpool, England, in 1909. She’d been telling everyone there that she intended to build and fly her own airplane. They were unimpressed. Bland was undeterred. She built a DIY plane of bamboo, wood and fabric, with a bicycle handlebar for steering and an engine she carried from England back to her home in Ireland. But would the Mayfly, as she called it, fly?
Aerospace America
Adam Goldstein used a curious choice of words in an online earnings call with investors and reporters like me on Feb. 26: “We also continue to believe India will be the largest market for flying cars globally,” said the CEO of Silicon Valley-based Archer Aviation, a leader in the field of urban air mobility.
The Points Guy
On Saturday night, a Virgin Atlantic aircraft took off from Washington, D.C.'s Dulles International Airport (IAD) at 10:45, bound for London's Heathrow Airport (LHR).
Newsweek
Ever wonder where pilots sleep during a flight? One plane captain recently unveiled the "cozy" but "claustrophobic" space where pilots catch some shut-eye on an aircraft in a viral video on Instagram.