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Where to Eat Near the Denver Airport
Do you find yourself overnight in Denver near the airport? Did you miss your flight? Was it canceled entirely? Why did you book your tickets on Spirit? Are you now hungry? Well, do not fret! Flyin’ Brian has eaten at every establishment in the Tower Road vicinity so you needn’t roll the dice on digestion.…
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Why Your Airport Isn’t What it Used to Be: Denver Edition
The Denver International Airport as we know it today opened up back in 1995. It was located in the middle of Colorado farmland, very far from downtown Denver, or anything of interest for that matter. Like many airports that start from scratch, they sought to become a prototype for the “airport of the future.” For…
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Still in Denver…
Logbook: It’s Day 25. The others are starting to show signs of fatigue. As someone already working for the company, I did not have to attend the first two weeks of class like the majority of my class, so I have a slight edge in endurance, but barely. Over a week ago, we lost half…
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Mile High Boredom
I’ve now been in Denver for two weeks, though it seems like it has been much longer. You see, contrary to previous training events that were in Salt Lake City, I am now being trained to fly a new jet – the Embraer 175. If you are familiar with the Denver airport, you will know…
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Mile High Lodging
For the first time in over three weeks, I spent the night in a hotel. Because Denver International Airport is so far from everything, our hotel was also a bit removed from the city. That being said, it was quite possibly the nicest hotel I have stayed at since becoming an airline employee. It was…
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