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Inaugural flight on the KLM Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
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First Look: KLM Boeing 787 Inaugural Flight to Bahrain

  • byJohn Morris
  • November 24, 2015
A report from the inaugural three flights of KLM's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with a look at both business and economy class, as well as the wheelchair accessible lavatory.
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Pursuing the Dream(liner): KLM's Inaugural Boeing 787 Flight
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Pursuing the Dream(liner): KLM’s Inaugural Boeing 787 Flight

  • byJohn Morris
  • October 26, 2015
A look at KLM's very first 787 on the assembly line, in the paint hangar, and in flight. This wheelchair traveler has pursued the Dreamliner since day one.
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The Eagle Lift assists passengers with disabilities to safely transfer from their personal wheelchair to the airplane seat,
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Guest Post: Aisle Chair Replacement Improves Accessibility

  • byKim Jago
  • September 13, 2015
Guest blogger Kim Jago (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) shares her experience with the Eagle Lift 2, a new tool for boarding an airplane with limited mobility.
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Wheelchair passenger transport van at Tokyo-NRT for ANA
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Guest Post: Wheelchair assistance for my parents on All Nippon Airways

  • byJohn Morris
  • August 21, 2015
Guest blogger Dean Kato shares his experience with the wheelchair assistance provided to his parents traveling between Hiroshima, Tokyo and Seattle on ANA.
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Assistance for passengers with disabilities at Delta Air Lines.
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Does the ”Delta Difference” Extend to Travelers with Disabilities?

  • byJohn Morris
  • August 17, 2015
Reaction to Delta's August 2015 Advisory Board on Disability meeting. Issues with wheelchair assistance, special services & Access Act violations at Delta Air Lines.
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KLM Airplane at Amsterdam Schiphol
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An experience with wheelchair assistance on KLM in April 2015

  • byJohn Morris
  • June 8, 2015
A power wheelchair user traveled round trip between Moscow and Bucharest, with a connection in Amsterdam. Details of his experience are recounted here.
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Kenya Airways 787 in Bangkok
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An experience with wheelchair assistance on Kenya Airways

  • byJohn Morris
  • May 13, 2015
Reviewing my wheelchair assistance experience on Kenya Airways. I checked a power wheelchair and used an aisle chair to board the Boeing 787 to Hong Kong.
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Construction of the iconic Rua Augusta Arch, located on Lisbon’s Commerce Plaza, began in 1755. The arch bears the Portuguese coat of arms, greeting visitors and welcoming them to what is today a dining/shopping district spanning Rua Augusta and many of the surrounding streets. It’s a beautiful place! 9 3
What a joy it was to finally explore #Portugal with a group of my #WheelchairTravel readers! After the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted travel in 2020, this group trip was rescheduled multiple times, but finally took place this month (albeit with fewer tourists). 70 11
Vilnius, Lithuania is a beautiful city, perhaps best seen from the hilltop in the castle complex, on which the Gediminas Tower sits. The hilltop is reached via a wheelchair accessible funicular — wheelchair users ride free. The palace museum, located below the tower, is one of the most fantastic in Europe, with ramps and lifts throughout to make it and the underground excavations accessible. 31 3
Absolute joy seeing my friend @sanna.kalmari in her hometown of Helsinki, Finland! Thrilled to reconnect and enjoy cocktails and a meal in a fantastic restaurant downtown! Looking forward to our next meet-up already! 87 2
Had a tense meeting with this guy today. Really tough negotiator, but we agreed that it’s best I remain on Earth. Accessibility is pretty poor on his home world too, apparently, and my wheelchair doesn’t have the thrusters necessary to operate there. Hopefully Elon Musk and @spacex will make it possible for me to visit new worlds in the future. 47 3
I love Egypt. I’ve traveled to the country many times, but on each trip I try to see it from a new perspective. Take this day, when I approached the Giza Pyramids not in an air-conditioned taxi as I had done on earlier trips, but from a horse-drawn buggy. Minor adjustments lead to new people, experiences and memories! 58 4
Nearly (but not quite) a year ago, I visited the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Penha, a Roman Catholic Basilica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It dates to the 1600s and sits on a hill above the city, accessed via 382 steps or, as luck would have it, a wheelchair accessible funicular. 93 6
There are a lot of amazing approach & landing views in the world, but one of my favorites is this one — hugging the Mississippi River with a perfect angle to downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the iconic Gateway Arch. 69 3
I’m truly blessed to have called this guy one of my best friends for more than 20 years now. I’m going to sound like such a sap, but we’ve been through so much together as friends and know most (maybe all) of each other’s dirty secrets. And as the seasons of life change, as we’ve moved across the country and traveled the world, we’ve always been no more than a text message or phone call away from picking right back up on our friendship. After a fantastic weekend with the guys in NYC celebrating this man, I’m looking forward to celebrating your marriage next month, Dan. Love you, man. 125 4
DID YOU KNOW that Thomas Edison and Henry Ford were good friends? So good, in fact, that they had winter homes right next to each other in beautiful Fort Myers, Florida! The men, together with Harvey Firestone, founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, worked in Edison’s Fort Myers laboratory to find a new source of rubber in the United States. 77 2
Who doesn’t love a historic walking/rolling tour? Some cities are certainly more walkable/rollable than others, and I’m pleased to say that the historic downtown “River District” in Fort Myers is one of the best. I enjoyed a 90-minute tour with True Tours during my trip earlier this summer. It’s a beautiful city! 126 4
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