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Repo Man Had 'Six Hours To Find 20 Pilots' While Seizing Jet Aircraft From Bankrupt Spirit Airlines
Repossessing a jet isn't quite as straightforward as a car, it turns out.
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Airplane Ashtrays Still Exist Because People Have A Hard Time Following Rules
Smoking has been banned on commercial flights since 2000, so why do brand new airplanes still come with ashtrays installed in the bathroom?
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This WWII Plane Is Flying Again After Being Found Under 268 Feet Of Greenland Ice
Glacier Girl flies again.
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Frontier Customer Service Faults Passenger For Not Taking Bags With Her During Emergency Evacuation After Plane Strikes Pedestrian On Runway
If you've been told this once, you've been told it 100 times: when you're evacuating a plane in an emergency situation, leave all carry-on items behind.
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A Different Kind Of 'Drone Strike': A Passenger Airliner Reported Hitting A Consumer UAV
Moral of the story: keep your drones under 400 feet, kids. You really, really don't want to hit an airplane filled with people.
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These Are Your Airport Rituals
Delays, surcharges, and rising ticket prices mean "the friendly skies" aren't feeling so friendly. Here's how you make the best of the airport experience.
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Airport Left With No Commercial Flights After Spirit Airlines Collapse
Despite Spirit's demise, there will always be travelers looking for the most affordable flights possible.
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What's Your Airport Ritual?
Do you pride yourself on getting to the gate seconds before it closes, or is anything less than eight hours too narrow a buffer?
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With 12,000 Flights Canceled In May Already, We've Got Bad News About Your Summer Vacation
"This is something that is coming — it's a slow-motion car crash and we're just kinda sleepwalking through it."
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Donald Trump Killed Spirit Airlines With High Fuel Prices, But Says Biden And Obama Are To Blame
An airline collapsing, stranding passengers and leaving thousands of people unemployed, isn't popular with anyone.
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What's The Most Unbelievable Behavior You've Seen While Flying?
Time may not exist in the airport bar, but bad behavior is a round-the-clock indulgence.
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United Jet Hits Truck On Turnpike After Newark Landing Gets Very Weird Indeed
"A Boeing 767 tried to land on top of my truck" is probably going to be a new one for the insurance company.
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Why Safety Could Spell Doom For Dulles' Airport Mobile Lounge
The mobile lounge has been a unique staple of the Washington Dulles International Airport since 1962, but recent safety concerns have cast it in a new light.
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United CEO Desperately Wants People To Hear Him Out On Mega Merger Despite American Airlines' Rejection
This is a business plan on the verge of becoming fan fiction.
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Florida Man (The Governor) Announces State Funds Will Go To Hubs For Flying Cars
That is, if that future ever exists.
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Is Somebody Hunting America's Aerospace Engineers And Scientists?
It's hard to see how all of these cohere into some sort of grand design, or what the purpose of that design might be.
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No-Fun Finns Penalize Pilots For Penis-Shaped Flight Paths
The pilots, trainees for the Finnish Air Force, were behind the yoke of two Grob G 115 single-prop aircraft on April 13 when they made their artistic detours.
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Sean Duffy Wants $10 Billion For AI Air Traffic Control Software
Duffy envisions this hypothetical software as a way to reschedule flights without human intervention.
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Trump Set To Hand $500 Million Bailout Loan To Spirit Airlines
The President's desire to save Spirit seemingly emerged out of the blue earlier this week.
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Spirit Airlines Seeking Bailout In Desperate Bid To Avoid Collapse
Spirit was in trouble long before tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz became a target in the latest forever war.
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Watch This Twin-Turbocharged Porsche 911 GT3 RS Outrun A Helicopter
The Porsche has the horsepower advantage, but the helicopter is lighter and doesn't have to deal with any traction issues.
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'Top Gun 3' Is Officially Happening, Hopefully Lewis Hamilton Has Time To Be In This One
The seven-time F1 world champion was offered a role as a pilot in 2022's "Top Gun: Maverick" but had to turn it down because he was too busy racing.
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Global Starlink Outage Tanked U.S. Navy Drone Boat Test
The incident highlights how reliance on a single system could threaten our military capabilities, especially when that system could be shut down by Elon Musk.
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Southwest Airlines Teases First Class Seats, Burying Its No-Frills Tradition
Moving Southwest Airlines upmarket is clearly a move to increase revenue, but only time will tell if the carrier's long-time passengers will stick around.
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United Airlines Pitched Mega Merger With American Airlines To Trump
The last time any airline had more planes than United-American was when Aeroflot had a state monopoly on domestic flights within the Soviet Union.
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FAA Tries To Convince Gamers To Become Air Traffic Controllers With Manic Ad Campaign
According to the FAA, gamers have "demonstrated high cognitive functions." Uh, say that after you try playing Call of Duty with a squad of stoned randos.
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Don't Expect Air Travel To Get Cheaper Anytime Soon
Regardless of the ceasefire status, oil production and refinery damage mean that the cost of traveling by plane isn't likely to come down for several months.
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