That in turn allowed start-ups such as Anchor Distilling (whisky and gin) and Hangar One (vodka), both based in San Francisco, to take on the big boys.

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The airplane was in a hangar and no one was aboard.

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Walking through the hangar of the final assembly line and catching a glimpse of one of the 1, 500 engineers that work there, it's almost as if the Airbus headquarters was in Lilliput, taking care of the plane that Gulliver could have traveled in.

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One Sunday morning in May, I arrived at the club's boat house, an old hangar-like space near the marina that was stacked floor to ceiling with traditional Venetian boats.

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