Sixty seven years ago, on August 6, 1945, the world was changed forever, as an atomic bomb was dropped above Hiroshima Japan. At 8:15 in the morning, the B-29 named Enola Gay flew over Hiroshima dropping its only payload, a single bomb known as Little Boy. It detonated about 2000 feet (600 m) above the ground.  The nuclear era had begun. 

Hiroshima Peace Memorial/A-Bomb Dome

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First off let me tempt you with some "food pr0n" :

The holy grail of airplane cuisine

As frequent upgrd.com readers know, the search for a tasty, properly cooked steak on a plane is an ongoing mission of Mike.   Many of us here have joined in his Quixote-like search: (Elyse, Sara, Josh, Matthew, Sluggo, me).  As you can see above, I'm pleased to report that Cathay Pacific can do a steak medium ...

On some recent business travel, I had flights messed up by stormy weather and ATC delays.  I want to share my experiences, and how I tried to make the best of a pretty frustrating situation.

This was just a short trip, one day at a customer site near BWI.  I flew in the evening before so I would be ready to go first thing in the morning.  I stayed at the relatively new Sheraton near BWI. 

Photo courtesy SPG

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