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  • Ask the pilot

    From Hong Kong to London, the long way around. The world gets smaller, again.
    By Patrick Smith November 18, 2005

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    The Mountain Goats invade the pilot's airspace. Also: Will the new all-luxury airlines survive?
    By Patrick Smith November 11, 2005

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    Music for airplanes: From "Der Lindberghflug" to the latest in 21st century classical-influenced techno odes.
    By Patrick Smith November 4, 2005

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    If an airline declares bankruptcy and its mechanics go on strike, is it safe to fly?
    By Patrick Smith October 28, 2005

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    Exploding tires and bad math; the pilot exposes his darkest secrets.
    By Patrick Smith October 14, 2005

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    Don't blame outsourcing for JetBlue's mishap.
    By Patrick Smith October 7, 2005

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    Why JetBlue's heroic LAX landing was anything but.
    By Patrick Smith September 30, 2005

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    Not even being lionized in Rome can keep the pilot from gloomy thoughts about the future of commercial aviation -- including the likelihood that he will never fly again.
    By Patrick Smith September 23, 2005

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    Death in the skies: A fatal misreading of an alarm led to the Helios 522 tragedy.
    By Patrick Smith September 16, 2005

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    With airplanes crashing everywhere, is it time to run away from the newest, cheapest carriers?
    By Patrick Smith September 9, 2005

  • Gimme shelter

    Trying to force authorities to open an Air Force base as a shelter, Jesse Jackson and other black leaders picked up 150 evacuees at the squalid New Orleans Airport and headed into the night.
    By Stephen Elliott September 4, 2005

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    Not even a trip to El Salvador could break the spell of crashes. Meanwhile, can a flight attendant land a 737, and why can't I hold my breath at 37,000 feet?
    By Patrick Smith September 2, 2005

  • Ask the pilot

    What's more dangerous, an in-flight decompression, or reading about one? Somebody please pass the pilot some oxygen.
    By Patrick Smith August 26, 2005

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    So many crashes, so little time. First stop: Toronto, where Air France 358 wasn't the first plane to go barreling off a runway, and might not be the last.
    By Patrick Smith August 19, 2005

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    Media madness from Toronto: God, lightning and the quasi-crash of Air France flight 358.
    By Patrick Smith August 12, 2005

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    From flightless birds to the poetry of salt packets, it's the yin and yang of airline karma.
    By Patrick Smith August 5, 2005

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    The science and psychobabble of air carrier identity: From Zoroastrianism to "touch lines," just what are the airlines trying to say?
    By Patrick Smith July 29, 2005

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    Name games: After his stint as airline logo consultant, the pilot jumps into a semantic mud pit.
    By Patrick Smith July 22, 2005

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    Resistance is futile. The Generic Meaningless Swoosh Thing will conquer all.
    By Patrick Smith July 18, 2005

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    Why can't planes drive backward? Plus: In-flight fireworks, angry husbands, and what are the two best songs ever written about unemployment?
    By Patrick Smith July 8, 2005

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    What do hydraulics, hedgehogs, the Paris Air Show and Bow Wow Wow have in common? Only the pilot can possibly tell you.
    By Patrick Smith June 24, 2005

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    The global knitting community irritatedly waves its needles at the pilot. Plus, more entries in the voluminous media errata log.
    By Patrick Smith June 17, 2005

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    Airport security's dirty little secret: While pilots are searched, thousands of baggage loaders and cleaners waltz right through.
    By Patrick Smith June 10, 2005

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    Gasp! I can't breathe! These bogus media stories about airflight are going to make my head explode during landing!
    By Patrick Smith June 3, 2005

  • Ask the pilot

    No-fly rule, you bother me. Also: Which airline has the youngest planes, and is it possible to be dangerously new?
    By Patrick Smith May 27, 2005
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