Aviation
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Dancing through the TSA queue: it doesn't happen here
The airport at St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles: Where planes come in right over vacationers' heads on the beach.
Look! Up in the sky! I mean, over on that lake! It's a small flying boat...
The new form of skywriting
A subtle work of art? Unt-uh. But worth going to see, in the right frame of mind
Look, up in the sky! No, I mean look on the road ...
Parts of flying are magical, but not always the parts that seem most difficult
The fault is not in our screeners but in ourselves
In an airport security video, a U.S. Senator looks calmer than police accounts suggest
Some officials working to make the process tolerable for travelers
The United States as one giant TSA screening line
Airport screeners ask why some travelers are avoiding the new scanning machines
A U.S. Senator known for "extreme" views makes some reasonable comments about the airport security morass
'They'd have preferred that Lucas ... kill several pilots in the process'
This doesn't sound like the year's best movie, but it may be the year's most worthy.
Human pilots, and automated ones, show their stuff
Naval aviators and private pilots debate who has the right outlook on risk
'Do it because I said so,' and other words to live by
The TSA seizes cupcakes because of "gel-like" frosting, and other victories in the battle against terrorism
A spot of cheer at the end of a difficult year: Hangar 24 Double IPA!