Yesterday had me in NYC, where I arose early, kissed my wife at the hotel and walked a mile in crisp air to 30 Rockefeller Center.

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"They will go beyond the normal ban on air travel within a three nautical-mile radius.. and up to 3, 000 feet above ground, " Shumann said.

CNN: FAA issues flight restrictions

The meter on top of the dash showed that the hour-long, 13-mile pass through congested Brooklyn, running the air-conditioner the entire time and being aggressive on the throttle, drained the battery by about 20 percent.

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Sunday's action over the four-mile cross-country course was suspended for the air ambulance to land on more than one occasion, with Germany's Ingrid Klimke and Ireland's Elizabeth Power both taken to hospital having suffered knee damage and concussion respectively.

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In the past, Indians wanting to go from Tripura to Kolkata had either to travel by air or make a convoluted 1, 750-km (1, 100 mile) overland journey via Guwahati, capital of Assam.

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The LifeNet helicopter ran out of fuel a mile short of the destination -- within sight of the Midwest National Air Center.

CNN: Pilot texting a factor in deadly copter crash

Continuing cool, moist air significantly reduced fire activity and helped firefighters build containment lines around the 44-square-mile fire at the western end of the Santa Monica Mountains.

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The air pressure is also now closer to what is normal in Denver, Colorado -- the mile-high city at 5, 280ft -- than the traditionally higher, and more mountaintop-like standard of 8, 000ft above sea level, sparing fliers from the mild altitude sickness that can be experienced when flying a long distance.

BBC: Increased comfort in the sky

His penny-pinching ways--yes, gate agents help load bags--have held cost per seat mile to 8.3 cents, versus 10.2 cents for chief regional rival Delta Air Lines.

FORBES: Flying High

Southwold mayor Michael Ladd said he had been told of a family from the air base at Bentwaters sitting down for a meal when their home was lifted and floated a quarter of a mile on to the marshes.

BBC: Heroism and tragedy in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex flood