Editor's Briefing
IN 2015, my long-time friend Orlando Suárez and I embarked on a quick journey across the United States. In a single day, we departed from Washington-Reagan National, headed to Atlanta to score a flight on a Delta Air Lines MD-90, then to Dallas-Love Field on a Boeing 717, and, once there, we rented a car, went to Founders Plaza in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport for a few hours to enjoy the traffic and take pictures, before returning to Washington DC late in the evening. When I recount this kind of adventure to my non-aviation friends or relatives, they look at me with puzzled expressions, asking me why in the world I would take a particular aircraft or airline, cross time zones in hours, and zip back? Go through the hassle of…