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Smoke In The Cockpit: A True Story of Danger and Hilarity

A routine flight is plunged into weirdness after the crew smells smoke. How to deal with a possible emergency — not to mention a plane full of obsessed Japanese tourists.
by Patrick Smith
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Gulf Air Baby George Francis was so named after the carrier's IATA airline code, GF.

Baby On Board: How to Add a Passenger In-Flight

Every so often you end a flight with one more "soul" than you started with.
by Patrick Smith
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A Southwest Airlines jet on approach to Logan Airport passes over Revere Beach. (Photo by Sara Jeanne Edwards via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA)

Revere Beach Reveries: A Summer Oasis On Approach to Logan Airport

Sometimes when I hear the whine of jet engines, I think of the beach.
by Patrick Smith
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OPINION: What Makes a Great-Looking Jetliner?

“Aesthetically it’s no 747, but it’s a handsome plane,” I wrote of the 787 previously in a column. “Confident in a way not unlike its older and smaller sibling, the 757.”
by Patrick Smith
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Do Pilots Think About Crashing?

It's the pilot's job to worry about crashing. It's in their best interest, and yours too.
by Patrick Smith
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