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Listed below are all the posts we have tagged with the term "jetliner"Underwear Bomber's Family Shocked by Case
The family of a Nigerian man sentenced to life in prison for trying to destroy an international jetliner says the case brought them "tremendous shock." Nine members of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's (OO'-mahr fah-ROOK' ahb-DOOL'-moo-TAH'-lahb) family traveled to Detroit but did not attend Thursday's hearing. Abdulmutallab is the son of Umaru Mutallab, a wealthy Nigerian banker. [...]
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'Pan Am' Series Premiere Review & Discussion
ABC's high-flying period piece debuts tonight. Does Pan Am capture the glamor and romance of jet age travel, or simply imitate the success of a certain other 60's shows? Pan Am follows the lives of four stewardesses (not flight attendants) and one pilot, all crewing a brand new jetliner in 1963. Pan American is the [...]
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David S. Glasier's Browns game blog (with video)
Such is the appeal of the National Football League that it rarely takes a back seat to anything or anyone.That's especially true for the start of the regular season, when the NFL's vaunted hype machine runs at full throttle.Sunday, at Cleveland Browns Stadium and all of the league's venues, the NFL was overshadowed by the [...]
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AIRSHOW-Bombardier sees opportunity in Boeing indecision
Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:08pm EDT * Bombardier exec – Boeing 737 indecision could help CSeries * Says in advanced talks with 5-7 customers for CSeries * Says Southwest could buy CSeries (Adds details, quotes, background) LE BOURGET, France, June 22 (Reuters) – Boeing's (BA.N)indecision about how to update its 737 narrow-body jet givesBombardier (BBDb.TO) [...]
