Posts tagged video

James Carr

:: music, blues, video

I just discovered James Carr from music playing at a coffee shop. Lots of good tracks on the “You Got My Mind Messed Up” album. Here is “These Arms of Mine”

Toncontin Airport

:: video, geography, unusual

“Toncontin International Airport serves as the major airport in and out of Tegucigalpa. The origin of this name is unknown. This airport is frequently criticized for being one of the most dangerous in the world (due to its location next to a sierra, its short runway, and difficult approach, which requires large commercial jets to execute a tight hairpin leftward u-turn turn at very low altititude to land on a very short runway–American Airlines pilots, for example, receive additional, specific training for the Toncontin approach).”