The only way he could get on the train and make his flight was to put on an impromptu martial-arts demonstration right there in the train station.

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Callum had originally planned to make his first solo flight on his birthday, but weather conditions delayed take-off.

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If a passenger doesn't make a connecting flight, his baggage should be removed.

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The 30-year-old one-time Liverpool youth has had his career, which has spanned nine senior clubs, blighted by injury but is mulling over an offer of a one-year deal to make his debut in Scotland's top flight.

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But the weather cleared enough for him and his delegation to make the hour-long flight across Jordan's rugged landscape, arriving in Petra under bright sunshine.

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Mr Raymond recalled that he decided to make aviation his career when he was given a flight in a balloon at the age of 15.

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Hartley is poised to make a decision over his own future having been offered a contract by Greek top-flight club Iraklis Saloniki.

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"If I can get through the line, I can make the flight, " he said, but he wasn't optimistic about his chances.

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Pistole has said he wanted to make sure the flight attendant and pilot unions understood in advance the reasoning leading to his decision, and that he might have done this job better, but he continues to believe the reasoning was sound as the TSA battles terrorism.

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