How effective is aviation security?

Having just gotten back from a grueling 4-leg trip to Hawaii, along with numerous air flights in-between islands, I have to say that security was less on my minds than was crashing from pilot error, mechanical failure, or flying through a thunderstorm (as almost happened out of Oahu). First on my list of concerns was […]

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Hilo, on the Big Island

May be going here for NoXmas. Sounds awesome. Say goodbye to the scenic drive, hello to museums and thrift shopping for hula girl lamps and Hawaiian shirts, right? Wrong. Forty minutes later, the sky was azure, the sun ferocious. The small, old-fashioned city of Hilo is on the east coast of the Big Island of […]

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