Inside the Asheville Airport is the well loved "The Blue Ridge Tavern". Its an outstanding restaurant that has just recently announced a new feature that will undoubtedly increase its popularity among plane travelers, frequent flyers especially.

Before you even arrive into the airport you can pre order a meal or drink, and be able to pick it up right at the gate, the restaurant (the Tavern), or on the plane if its permitted by the airline. You have to call prior to arriving or leaving the airport, and then pre pay for whatever you eat with a credit card. The best part, is that you have the option to pick up your meal just about anywhere inside or in the perimeter of the airport. Its a pretty awesome feature that is going to make regulars to the Asheville Regional Airport even more happy about supporting the Blue Ridge Tavern.

The Tavern is definitely one of our favorite places to eat when we visit the Airport.

Unrelated to Asheville, but relative to North Carolina residents, a small two person plane crashed near Fayetteville North Carolina on the 17th. There were two people aboard, a pilot and an unlucky passenger. The plane had a crash landing, but the police have no idea of the condition of either the pilot or the passenger of the plane. Police were rather vague about everything. The Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson didn't not readily respond to emails regarding this either. The plane was a Mooney 20.