To gain an edge, this upstart chose to fly only into smaller hubs--like Luton Airport, 40 miles north of London--that charge relatively low terminal fees but are still close enough to popular business or leisure destinations.

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With a grassy hollow guarding the left front edge and sand at the right front edge, to get close you must wriggle in between the traps or fly over and pray for a soft landing.

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Johnson denied that fly-half Jonny Wilkinson was to blame for his side's lack of cutting edge.

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Before being chosen in 1962 as one of the "Group II" astronauts -- which included Apollo 13 commander James Lovell along with such legends as Frank Borman, Pete Conrad and John Young -- Armstrong was one of the elite pilots selected to fly the X-15 rocket plane up to five times the speed of sound and toward the edge of space.

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