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Airline Introduces ‘Flying Nannies’
They will make sock puppets, but they won’t change diapers
Airline Accused of Bias for Kicking Yeshiva Students Off Plane
The senior class trip went awry when the group was booted from an AirTran flight at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on Monday
Singing Woman Removed from Flight
Repeat performances of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” do not sound better at 30,000 feet
Amelia Earhart: 75 Years of Mystery — and Now an Answer?
The world is once again talking about Amelia Earhart. Some 75 years after the famed aviator first disappeared, the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has presented fresh evidence of a debris field found …
Reading While Eating for July 2: Tweets and Hairy Feats
Today’s links feature tests of people’s kindness and may conjure up suppressed memories of standardized tests (sorry about that)
Dog On Tarmac Halts Planes at LaGuardia Airport
Here, girl!
Buried Treasure: World War II Spitfires to Be Unearthed in Burma
Paging Indiana Jones: a British farmer’s 15-year quest to find a squadron of legendary fighter planes buried in a far-off land has finally paid off
Australian Pilot: ‘I’ve Got a Snake on Board the Plane’
One apparently unflappable Australian pilot managed to be cool-headeded when confronted by an unlikely mid-flight foe: a snake in his cockpit.
Yes, pilot Braden Blennerhassett seems to have had an actual Snakes on a Plane …
TSA to Allow Older Travelers to Keep Shoes On, Avoid Pat-Downs
Everybody loves the TSA. And by “everybody,” we actually mean “very few people.” But the air travel security organization might be gaining a new set of supporters: the over-75 crowd.
The Transportation Security Administration …
Flightless Birds No More: Penguin Pair Flies First Class on Delta
On a Delta flight from Atlanta to New York Wednesday night, two tuxedo-clad passengers waddled down the aisle. The two penguins, Pete and Penny, ages 6 and 12, were heading to the New York premiere of Frozen Planet, a Discovery …
Traveling With Kids? Now You Can Hire an In-Flight Nanny
If you’ve ever flown across the country with your children in tow, you’ve probably wished for some extra help. And if you’ve ever traveled in the vicinity of children in general, you’ve likely wished there were someone designated …