"I'm always happiest flying, " I told him truthfully, for I was born in the air, and it was more home to me than earth.

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Thompson, who had previously always loved flying, says he cannot explain what came over him on July 1 at Abu Dhabi airport - an hour by car from his home in Al-Ain -- as his family prepared to relocate to the UK from the United Arab Emirates.

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Iraqi forces won't always pass with flying colors.

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Lovell has always dreamed of flying.

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"I was always chasing down a deal, flying everywhere, " says Browning.

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But emulating high-flying parents isn't always easy.

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Even when nothing is moving or flying, the sound of machines is always audible over the performers, who wear oversized microphones to deliver their lines.

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On being victimized by Bobby Orr's famous "flying" goal to win the Stanley Cup in 1970: I always tell Bobby he was up in the air for so long that I had time to shower and change before he hit the ice.

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"The bad thing about flying by the seat of your pants is that you don't always remember what you did previously, " she says.

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