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Tuskegee Airmen honored with historic site in Ala.

Retired Lt. Col. John Mulzac describes his days as a Tuskegee Airman at the opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Ala., Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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AP - Sat Oct 11, 3:48 PM ET

TUSKEGEE, Ala. - Lt. Col. John Mulzac stood on the asphalt at Moton Field — the same grounds where he trained decades ago to become one of the country's first black military pilots — and wept.

AP Travel News

  • Retired Lt. Col. John Mulzac describes his days as a Tuskegee Airman at the opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Ala., Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
    Tuskegee Airmen honored with historic site in Ala. AP - Sat Oct 11, 3:48 PM ET

    TUSKEGEE, Ala. - Lt. Col. John Mulzac stood on the asphalt at Moton Field — the same grounds where he trained decades ago to become one of the country's first black military pilots — and wept.

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    SEVELEN, Switzerland - Tourists in Switzerland can soon sleep in the world's first "zero-star hotel," a former nuclear bunker several yards below the ground.

  • This photo released by The High Museum shows 'Lion With Serpent,' 1832-1833, by Antoine-Louis Barye. (AP Photo/The High Museum)
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    ATLANTA - His mane bristling, the roaring lion bares his teeth as he pins down a defiantly hissing snake, every hair and rippling muscle in the big cat's body faithfully captured in bronze.

AP Travel Features

  • Diners eat next to a fountain along Miami Beach Fla.'s Lincoln Road, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. The long pedestrian street is perfect for people watching any day of the week. There are dozens of restaurants and shops to check out as you spot locals walking their dog or weaving between pedestrians on their roller blades. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
    Vacationing in Miami on a budget AP - Mon Oct 6, 2:03 PM ET

    MIAMI - It might be notorious for its late-night party scene, swanky beach hotels with steeply priced drinks and the beachgoers who wear barely-there $300 swimsuits, but vacationing Miami-style doesn't have to cost a fortune.

  • In this photo taken on Aug. 8, 2008 in Paris, Christian Ragil of France, left, guides Ju Young Gam of South Korea, as they tour the Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel tower, seen behind. The city of light has an unfortunate blight: the locals' reputation for rudeness. That's why a group of friendly Parisians have banded together to show complete strangers around their Paris, the one not found in travel books, for free. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
    Smiling Parisians show you their city, for free AP - Mon Oct 6, 1:57 PM ET

    PARIS - The city of light has an unfortunate blight: the locals' reputation for rudeness. That's why a group of friendly Parisians have banded together to show complete strangers around their Paris, the one not found in travel books — for free.

  • Bartender Melanie Markham, left, serves up vodka drinks for guests inside IceBar Orlando in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. The bar, thought to be the first of its kind in the United States, allows guests to experience 45 minutes in 27-degree temperatures while sitting on fur-lined ice furniture and enjoying vodka drinks in glasses, also made of ice. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
    Orlando bar gives 'having a cold one' new meaning AP - Mon Oct 6, 2:07 PM ET

    ORLANDO, Fla. - At ICEBAR Orlando, patrons don't need to order drinks on the rocks.

AP Travel Columns

  • Budget Travel honors affordable travel innovations AP - Mon Oct 6, 3:45 PM ET

    NEW YORK - A government agency, an airline, a bus company and several Web sites were among the recipients of Budget Travel Magazine's annual Extra Mile Awards, honoring "noteworthy innovations, large and small, that make travel easier, more enjoyable, and/or more affordable across all aspects of the industry."

  • National Trust looking for endangered places AP - Mon Oct 6, 3:43 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for its annual list of endangered places, which identifies examples of America's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk.

  • Notorious prisons offer ghostly Halloween thrills AP - Mon Oct 6, 1:47 PM ET

    Looking for ghostly thrills this Halloween? Head straight to prison.

Aviation.com

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