And we talked about a teenager who got on the plane - a plane with meningitis.
He brought tourists to Australia by the plane-load, though they half-dreaded what they would find there.
Over the years, Boeing has probably accumulated more data on the fatigue life of airframes than any other plane-maker.
And that sort of publicity could make privacy violations that once seemed abstract far more real for the plane-flying public.
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Fourteen British and Dutch plane-spotters who had been held in prison in Greece on charges of spying were offered bail.
The plane - call sign Five Konrad-Anton-Richard - sank to the bottom where it was soon covered by the shifting sands.
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As Robbins, 44, and his 15-man crew approach the school--identified earlier by spotter plane--they lower two 40-foot boats into the water.
He described the case against the plane-spotters was "hopelessly weak and flawed".
The first officer saw a bright object ahead of the plane -- the planet Venus -- and mistook it for the approaching C-17.
But the good news will not dispel worries over profitability at the European plane-maker, as well as the ascendancy of Boeing 's 787 Dreamliner.
The plane-spotters insisted they were at the show on the invitation of the Greek authorities and that any information collected was already freely available.
Mr. Ice founded his firm in 2008 to focus on consumer bankruptcy, after a career at big law firms defending companies against plane-crash and SUV-rollover suits.
An Airbus spokesman told Forbes.com that although Middle Eastern airline Emirates had also shown interest in a stretched A380, the plane-maker was still "carefully observing" the market.
It is too early to tell whether the Chinese aviation authority's warning of cutbacks, delivery deferrals and even cancellations will seriously hurt Europe's flagship plane-maker Airbus.
Instead, another plane -- probably the smaller C-17, with its short landing and takeoff characteristics -- would be the likely choice for the first hop out of Afghanistan.
The good news, you can do much of your homework without ever setting foot on a plane--and it is not only cost-effective but also wise to do so.
Video from the scene showed people clambering on the wreckage -- including parts of the fallen plane -- and working together to hold up what appeared to be a fire hose.
The hi-tech plane - which has radar equipment that can scan thousands of square miles in minutes - flew missions over Libya in 2011 as rebels fought to oust Col Gaddafi.
In the wake of Boeing's lithium-ion battery challenges, Airbus decided not to go with the same technology in the new plane -- opting instead for traditional -- and heavier -- nickel-cadmium batteries.
The alleged virtue of the F-35 is that it's an all-purpose plane--there will be versions for the Air Force, the Navy and the Marines, as well as a couple of variations for export.
In another model being pushed by incumbents in the in-flight entertainment business, airlines install a plane-wide content-streaming system with an array of movies, TV shows, games and other content, generally alongside broader Internet access.
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In addition, brain rest is recommended following a concussion, so reading, watching movies and playing video games -- things you might normally do to pass the time on a plane -- may make things worse.
Once the IRS caved, lawyers, accountants, plane brokers and fractional ownership companies like Berkshire Hathaway 's (nyse: BRKa - news - people ) NetJets actively promoted the tax advantages of buying your own company plane--or plane share.
On Thursday, CEO Neeleman addressed the unpleasant conditions faced by passengers on one plane -- a flight for Cancun, Mexico, that spent about eight hours on the tarmac Wednesday before finally allowing passengers to get off after the flight was canceled.
Grace Flint has a device smaller than a packet of cigarettes that she can hide in your car, or on your boat or plane -- even, if it suits her, in your briefcase that will track your precise location for the next six months.
With the dozen British plane-spotters - plus the two Dutch enthusiasts also detained - having been brought to the dilapidated court in Kalamata, the coastal town where they were first arrested, Mrs Norris has at last been able to reach out to her husband.
The theoretical part of the seminar on the measurement technology including the principle of a measurement survey, a plane-table method, a perpendicular survey, a traverse survey, a GPS survey, and using a total station will be conducted at the premises of the Institute of Fine Arts.
Once he set the sight, the Norden took over the controls of the plane--and for the next few minutes it held in its gears and gyroscopes the lives of the crew of the Badlands Bat, a B-17G in the 401st bomb group of the 8th Air Force.
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