Wearing Leather While Flying

#Gear365Way early on this blog, I wrote a number of posts about “air travel with leather gear.” I wrote those posts as a service to Leathermen who may be flying to attend events like Mid-Atlantic Leather or International Mr. Leather. The posts and website content have been based on my experience in flying over 2 million air miles in my lifetime, as well as “kinda liking” to wear leather garments.

Those posts linked to my website where I…
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Air Travel Tips

I have a close friend who told me that he had to travel by air to attend a funeral in another state. He had not traveled by air in some 20 years. Since then, lots of changes have happened with getting through check-in and to the gate, and also on board an aircraft.

Here are some thoughts I shared with my friend, based on having over two million miles on thousands of airline flights during my lifetime….
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Something To Dream About

I have to admit — making the decision to retire is daunting. I know it’s time, but nonetheless, thinking about why I am making this decision now and what I will do after I leave the full-time working world has kept me awake at night.

My Spouse knows me all too well. After yet another discussion about this life-changing transition, he suggested,
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Back Home, Going Again

I had a tremendously busy yet successful trip to two states on our West Coast last week. Good that I am a seasoned road warrior, chaining together three airlines with several one-way and one round-trip flight to four locations that are rather remote.

The travel included going to and through two major cities…
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