The business plan for Deep Flight includes schools for underwater pilots to fly future versions of the Super Falcon.

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That future would fly in the face of business models that depend on personal ownership of cars sold through a powerful network of car dealers.

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They can target passengers according to their profile, such as those who might be candidates to buy business-class seats in the future, or who fly in business class when their company pays.

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In May 2012, UNESCO granted patronage to the Airbus Fly Your Ideas challenge, part of the Future by Airbus programme with a vision of sustainable air travel in 2050.

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"The fact that we don't know what to expect when we fly is irritating because it undermines our efforts to anticipate our experiences in the future and know how to behave, " Flaherty said.

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Ashton also stressed that Cipriani's future international prospects would not be damaged by the incident, with the fly-half linking up with the England squad on Monday.

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After viewing one of his talks on YouTube, organizers of World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi invited Aidan to participate and offered to fly his family over, too.

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We'd like to be able to tag and share interesting locations for later research, or bring up predicted future traffic information so we could plan trips better, or contribute back restaurant ratings on the fly or... you get the idea.

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