The striped tail flying proudly is a bold symbol of both our origin and our name.

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Pilkington said the plane was flying low, with its nose up and tail down.

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The Spirit aircraft has resumed flying, while the US Airways plane is out of service for inspection and repair of its damaged tail cone, the airlines reported.

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This puts it on the tail of Sikorsky's experimental X2, which has set an unofficial world record for a helicopter by flying at just over 460kph.

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