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World
‘The Plane Is Fine’: An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies
Anxiety when flying might not seem so unreasonable these days, but a British Airways program seeks to reassure the lightly nervous and the abjectly terrified alike.
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World
It’s Never Too Late to Find a New Career (a Mile Above Your Old One)
“It’s Never Too Late” is a series that tells the stories of people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms. Live music was no more. Patrick Milando could draw no other conclusion. But maybe he could pivot. It was a summer day in 2020, a ...
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Newyork
The Rich Spend Differently From You and Me
In my most recent column I had a bit of fun with Donald Trump making an assertion that shows that he hasn’t flown commercial in a very long time — saying that America’s terrible airports make us look like a third world nation: Credit...XAs it happens ...
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US
How to Take Better Pictures With a Drone
Before the advent of drones, people had to rely mostly on airplanes or helicopters to take aerial photographs. Now, thanks to increasing availability and decreasing price points of drones, as well as advances in obstacle avoidance technology, GPS ...
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World
To Stop an Extinction, He’s Flying High, Followed by His Beloved Birds
Using an ultralight aircraft, Johannes Fritz once taught endangered ibises a migration path over the Alps. Because of climate change, he is now showing them a much longer route to a winter’s refuge.
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Whether You Call it ‘Skiplagging’ or ‘Hidden-City Travel,’ It’s Contentious
Booking a flight with a layover in the city that’s the real destination for the traveler can net big bargains, but airlines prohibit the practice.