Help Cranky Do a Little Research
This year, I’m working with a college student from Northwestern, Noah, to learn more about how you consume Cranky Flier and what changes might be good or bad… or at least worth thinking about. And...
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Reviewing Your 2025 Predictions and Making Your 2026 Picks
Happy new year, everybody! It’s true there are a few days left for your predictions to come true, but let’s stick with the idea that things won’t change between now and then. On that note, let’s see...
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2025 Flying Summary
It’s the end of another year, and I did some good flying this year, but I just didn’t do that much of it. With the exception of a Hawaiʻi trip, it was entirely a year of going up and down the coast....
View ArticleHonoring the Flight Crews That Died 24 Years Ago Today
Was I tempted to write about Avelo today? Maybe. But that will have to wait. It’s September 11, and that means there’s nothing more important today than honoring those who were killed when four...
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Reviewing Your 2024 Predictions and Making Your 2025 Picks
Happy new year, everybody! Now that we are squeaking into 2025, it’s time to look at how many of your 2024 predictions came true and then think about what this coming year will bring. As always, I’m...
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2024 Flying Summary
It’s time to look back at my year of flying, and it was a good one. I finally crossed an ocean again for the first time in awhile. The biggest shame of the year is that I had no new aircraft to...
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Join Me and Other AvGeeks On Bluesky
It’s now been over a month since I stopped regularly posting on X/Twitter, and I’m now feeling confident enough in that decision to talk about where to find me. The key for me was finding another...
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Czech Airlines is Not OK as It Fades Away
There aren’t all that many airlines that have been around for over 100 years, and now, that exclusive club has lost a member. Flight 767 from Paris to Prague marked the last flight of Czech Airlines —...
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Play Airlines Plans to Play in the Sand Instead of the States
Things don’t appear to be going all that well for Iceland-based Play Airlines, the heir to the WOW Air legacy. With results coming in worse than expected, the airline is shifting its plans away from...
View ArticleHonoring the Flight Crews That Died 23 Years Ago Today
Some years, this just sneaks up on me, and this is one of those years. It’s September 11, and that means today we honor those who were killed when hijackers brought down four airplanes in an act of...
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The Quiet Genius of ICAO Airport Codes
I usually have a couple of these kinds of evergreen posts ready to go in case I’m not able to finish a more newsy post in time, so, here we are…. I’ll have the currently-unfinished post ready for...
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Reviewing Your 2023 Predictions and Making Your 2024 Picks
It’s the most wonderul time of the year… when we get to go over all your predictions from last year and see how you did. Of course, we need to remember that when you all wrote down your predictions...
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2023 Flying Summary
I’m done for the year, so might as well get this party started. Another year, another weird-looking map. The multiple short haul trips are somewhat obscured by the Atlanta and Kahului runs. Maps...
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2022 Cranky Network Awards Are Coming to You Live on February 24
When the first Cranky Network Awards aired earlier this year, I promised we’d do it in person in 2022. And now, it’s happening… The 2022 Cranky Network Awards will be held on February 24, live with...
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How We Chose the Conrad Punta de Mita For a Pandemic Vacation (And Mostly...
Since this post isn’t about flights, I’m putting it up on a Wednesday. I will have a regular trip report on the flights themselves in the next couple weeks. The last time I took an actual vacation was...
View ArticleHow to Watch Tonight’s Cranky Network Awards
At long last, the big day is here. Tonight is the Cranky Network Awards presented by Ontario International Airport, Southern California’s easiest airport. Join us for the YouTube Premiere tonight, or...
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2020 Flying Summary
Happy New Year everyone. Last year, shall we say, did not go as planned. But hey, at least I wasn’t shut out, and I squeaked past 10,000 miles on the year. We’ll call it a victory, and I’ll just have...
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Reviewing Your 2020 Predictions and Making Your 2021 Picks
Who’s excited for the annual tradition of seeing how you did with your predictions for the year? Anyone? ANYONE? No, you shouldn’t be excited, because they were nearly all wrong. I mean… seriously. I...
View ArticleHonoring the Flight Crews That Died 19 Years Ago Today
It’s that day again, but this year it just feels different. The economic carnage that followed 9/11 now pales in comparison to what COVID-19 has wrought. And when you think about the 3,000 people who...
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Vintage Airport Shirts Are Now Available… And We’re Taking Requests For More
For those of you who like to kick it old school — damn, I sound like an old guy trying to pretend to be cool — we now have vintage airport t-shirts available. It’s not a huge list yet, because it’s a...
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