Thought this image was oddly symbolic.

Credit: Dave Bangert, Based in Lafayette

The new business building is an eyesore that doesn’t fit in with the surrounding buildings and I feel like they’re trying so hard to make it stand out that it’s just looking like it doesn’t belong, like it doesn’t have to be brick; neither of the other business buildings are, but at least incorporate the stone or red colors into the design.

Bro thinks he’s dodging the snowworms

Last year, I tried out the first Southern Airways flight to Purdue. So this weekend I tried out the new United flights (and got to check out Purdue's new passenger terminal)!

Obviously, flying a regional jet is a huge upgrade over the Cessnas that were flying before. Beyond the greater comfort and presence of a bathroom onboard, this flight is wayyy shorter. My ORD-LAF took only 25 minutes in-flight, and LAF-ORD took 33. On the flight pictured above, our aircraft was upgraded from a CRJ-200 to a CRJ-550, which meant more extra legroom seats and first class seats- that aircraft upgrade has already happened twice in the first 5 days of flights, which is interesting. I flew back on a CRJ-200 and thought it was actually surprisingly comfortable given its smaller size.

In addition to the new flights, Purdue also inaugurated the new Amelia Earhart terminal! It looks small from the outside, but is plenty spacious. The gate area has nice views, lots of natural light, and features amenities that the old terminal lacked (post-TSA bathrooms, water bottle filler, outlets by the seats, and a Snack bar). The snack bar is cool- it's reasonably priced, has a solid variety, and accepts Purdue's dining dollars! I stocked up on snacks here ahead of my connection in Chicago since it was much cheaper than stores at O'Hare.

All-around, it was a very cool experience. The fact that these flights are sold by United makes connections much easier, and also means you can earn/redeem miles to LAF. (For reference, I paid 7,200 United miles to fly this segment each way). International flights in particular seem to be priced pretty reasonably, judging by a few random Google Flights searches. Several people on my flights mentioned that they'd booked out of LAF because it was actually cheaper than booking just to O'Hare, which was cool to hear.

Hopefully, these do well so the airport can keep growing! They did include a second empty check-in desk in the new terminal ;)

So nice

Idk who they are but I’d like to share these with them

I promise I didn’t photoshop the ghost of Thomas the Tank into the last picture 😂 it does seem fitting he’d be a Boilermaker though 🚂

I will miss this place so much.

Yeager and Sagamore the other day...

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Get tf out of them