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New Russian Airliner Disappears – Crash suspected
File image of the new Russian-built Sukhoi Superjet-100 A new Russian-made civilian plane carrying 50 people went missing in Indonesia yesterday during a demonstration flight for potential buyers and journalists. Search and rescue teams were heading to the mountainous area just south of Jakarta, but bad weather forced two helicopters to turn back. The Sukhoi […]
Mississippi Paddlewheel Revival
The big red paddlewheel is turning. Crowds rush to the riverbanks of small towns to whoop and wave. In the pilot house, Capt. John Sutton lowers the twin stacks so American Queen can pass under railroad bridges. Heavily laden coal barges, like long chains of dominoes, chug past. The double doors of their cabins splayed […]
Mississippi Paddlewheel Revival
The big red paddlewheel is turning. Crowds rush to the riverbanks of small towns to whoop and wave. In the pilot house, Capt. John Sutton lowers the twin stacks so American Queen can pass under railroad bridges. Heavily laden coal barges, like long chains of dominoes, chug past. The double doors of their cabins splayed […]
AMERICAN RIVER CRUISE CHURNS UP HISTORY
David Ellis THE newest thing in cruise holidaying in America is in fact the oldest, with the re-launch this month of the 436-passenger American Queen, a sternwheeler that had been laid-up on the banks of the Mississippi River since her previous owners shut down the engines and walked away broke in 2008. But going back […]
AMERICAN RIVER CRUISE CHURNS UP HISTORY
David Ellis THE newest thing in cruise holidaying in America is in fact the oldest, with the re-launch this month of the 436-passenger American Queen, a sternwheeler that had been laid-up on the banks of the Mississippi River since her previous owners shut down the engines and walked away broke in 2008. But going back […]
Travel Talk Magazine – May 2012
Open publication – Free publishing – More travel Save hours on your travel research. Get brochures delivered to your door for free. Digital option too.
Travel Talk Magazine – May 2012
Open publication – Free publishing – More travel Save hours on your travel research. Get brochures delivered to your door for free. Digital option too.
Travel Talk Magazine – May 2012
Open publication – Free publishing – More travel Save hours on your travel research. Get brochures delivered to your door for free. Digital option too.
Travel across tundra in Russia
Walrus on Wrangel. Picture: Ewen Bell by Ewen Bell WRANGEL Island is one of the most isolated postings for a Russian park ranger. More than 100km north of the Siberian coast, where there are more bears than people by a factor of 10. For a few months of the year, the coastline around Wrangel is […]
Travel across tundra in Russia
Walrus on Wrangel. Picture: Ewen Bell by Ewen Bell WRANGEL Island is one of the most isolated postings for a Russian park ranger. More than 100km north of the Siberian coast, where there are more bears than people by a factor of 10. For a few months of the year, the coastline around Wrangel is […]
