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Rule For New Planes Means More Airbags

NPR | By Adam Hochberg | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Passengers, Air Travel, Passenger Safety, Flight Safety, Faa, Amsafe, Plane Crashes, Seatbelts, Airbags, Airbags on Planes, Travel, Airlines, Flying, Flights, New Rule, Home News

AmSafe is supplying the product to most major U.S. airlines to help comply with a new government crash standard. The rule has been phased in slowly ov...

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Before Balloon Boy: Famous Flying Kids' Crazy Contraptions (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 10.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Slidepoll, Flying Cars, Flying Kids, Fly Balloon, Flying, Balloon Boy, Technology News

Six year-old Falcon Heene made big headlines with (what we thought was) his flight over Colorado in a silver, UFO-shaped balloon. But hang on a minut...

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Sale: Exit Row Seats $8.70 per Hour

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Airline Safety, Fat Tax, Virgin Airlines, Qantas, First Class, Airfares, Ryanair, Flying, Match Making, United, Exit Row Seats, Air France, E Bay, Jetblue, Airlines, Business News
Blake Fleetwood

The airlines are getting very desperate ... charging more and more for things that used to be free.

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I'm Tired of... Flying!

Carrie Pollare | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Airports, Airport Security, Flying, Living News
Carrie Pollare

I'm tired of flying. from beginning to end! What's next... coin operated airplane bathrooms?

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The Monster Trip of 2009

Chris Guillebeau | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Aonc, South America, Travel, Chris Guillebeau, Round-the-World, Hotels, Hostels, Airports, Flying, International Travel, Living News
Chris Guillebeau

The nice thing about travel is that the more you wander, the more experienced you become. These days, it doesn't take me long to settle in anywhere.

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Solar Powered Plane: Swiss Team Unveils Prototype For Sun-Powered Plane

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Sun-Powered Plane, Swiss Plane, Solar Energy, Solar Flight, Planes, Solar Powered Plane, Global Warming, Solar Power, Flying, Zurich-Switserland, Green News

DUEBENDORF AIRFIELD, Switzerland — It has the wingspan of a Boeing 747 but weighs less than a small car. And it is powered entirely by the sun. ...

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FAA: Wildlife Strikes On The Rise, Destroying Planes

npr.org | By Deborah Tedford | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green

Read More: FAA Wildlife Strikes Report, Faa, FAA Wildlife Strikes Numbers, Environment, FAA Wildlife Strikes, Bird Strike, Travel, Animals, Flying, Green News

The annual number of collisions between aircraft and wildlife quadrupled from 1990 to 2007 and poses a growing threat to aviation, according to a Fede...

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Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue -- Part One: "Tourist" is not a Dirty Word.

Eric Lurio | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: World, France, Hong Kong, England, Middle East Politics, Rome, 9/11, Italy, Travel, Iran, London, Paris, Flights, Backpacking, Traveling, Persia, Flying, China, World News
Eric Lurio

Let's discuss why anyone in their right mind would travel half way around the world and back and spend a quarter-year's salary (minimum wage) to go to Iran for two weeks.

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Taking Flight: Top Strategies to Look and Feel Your Best at 30,000 Feet

Dr. Nicholas Perricone | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Pain, Travel Tips, Air Travel Woes, Plane Travel Tips, Health, Travel, Air Travel Headaches, Air Travel Hassles, Leg Pain, Holiday Travel Tips, Air Travel, Flying, Living News
Dr. Nicholas Perricone

Blood clots can form in the lower legs from sitting for long periods in cramped spaces -- such as coach or economy seating. Try to get up and walk around when possible.

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(Not) Flying While Muslim

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Muslim, Airport, Arab, Terrorism, Discrimination, Flying, Airtran, Irfan, Obeidallah, Muslim Airtran, Airtran Arab, Dean Obeidallah, Not Flying While Muslim, Flying While Muslim, Arab While Flying, (Not) Flying While Muslim, World News
Dean Obeidallah

As an Arab-American comedian who flies a great deal for work, I want to offer my experience to other brown people in the hopes it helps you get on your flight.

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Trying New Things

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 01.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Ariane De Bonvoisin, First 30 Days, Living, Flying, Economic Crisis, Living News
Ariane de Bonvoisin

a\As this year comes to a close and before January arrives, think about a couple of things you want to try -- a sport, a class, a hobby or a new language and take three action steps towards it.

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Holiday Travel Tips: How Will You Manage?

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 12.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Slideshow, Travel Tips, Thanksgiving, Holiday Travel, Thanksgiving Travel, Flying, Airport Delays, Flights, Living News

It's the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and you know what that means! Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today, ...

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A New Jetpack Record Falls, as Pilot Does Not

Mac Montandon | Posted 12.26.2008 | Style

Read More: Stunts, Books, Jetpacks, Flying People, Air Force Pilots, Pilots, Flying, Video, Style News
Mac Montandon

Eric Scott, a former Air Force pilot and stuntman, broke a jetpacking record by zooming over the Royal Gorge in Colorado, traveling 1,500 feet at about 80 mph, and 1,200 feet above the Arkansas River.

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Bones is So Awesome, It Helped Defeat My Fear of Flying. Really.

Jamie Frevele | Posted 12.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Francis Daley, Michaela Conlin, David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Bones, Eric Millegan, TJ Thyne, Fear of Flying, Eric Millegan NBA, Fan Fiction, Tamara Taylor, Flying, Entertainment News
Jamie Frevele

Now, if Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and tough guy FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) can fight crime on a plane... I can surely just sit on one, right?

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My Fear Of Flying: How Yoga Keeps Me Grounded

Tara Stiles | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Fear, Phobias, Health, Flying, Living News
Tara Stiles

It was hard for me to even write that title. Can I actually admit I'm afraid of flying? Not me! What happened to me? I used to love to fly! Plus ...

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Fear of Flying

David Goldstein | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Regulation, US Airways, Airlines, Flying, Business News
David Goldstein

If the airlines are so willing to cut corners above deck, where the paying customers can see it, I'm damn frightened to learn what they're cutting behind the scenes.

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