Historic Gander International Airport is located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's most easterly province.
Dec 24, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
It’s the pursuit of perfection that’s the problem.
The perfect gift.
The perfect turkey.
The perfect tree.
The perfect Christmas.
It’s a lot to aspire to, especially considering so many people struggle just to have a Christmas, much less a perfect one.
And, despite your best efforts and precise planning, things happen.
Somewhere over the Atlantic, you realize you forgot something.
May 15, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
1/ This is a story about an escalator, and what might be.
It will be exciting to some people in the Town of Gander, Newfoundland, and considered nuts to those everywhere else, especially in cities.
This is one of the best things about living in a small town. 2/ We are restoring our airport’s international lounge and hope to bring old things back to life. One of those things is the airport’s famed #escalator, which has the #midmodernist motif of the room. The escalator was installed by J&E Hall Ltd. Of Dartford, England in 1958..
Jul 25, 2019 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Airports and aircraft. Like bees and honey. You ask: do you ever tire of helicopters and airplanes? DO YOU EVER TIRE OF PIZZA AND BEER? NEXT QUESTION.
But we do admit, sometimes it would be nice to see some ALTERNATIVE FLYING THINGS AT OUR AIRPORT.
A THREAD.!
Oh, hello, Daenerys, and your JALAPENO-MOUTHED CITY BURNING DRAGON. This is Gander, King’s Landing is THATAWAY.