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Flights Hit As Winter Storm Hits Eastern US

A powerful winter storm that has claimed at least five lives pounded the US Midwest and Northeast and snarled post-Christmas travel after rare tornadoes hit the Gulf Coast. About 1,500 US flights were cancelled on Wednesday, according to FlightAware. Some 170 flights also have been called off for Thursday, and several airlines waived ticket change fees for affected customers. All four runways at Philadelphia Airport were open on Wednesday, but some people still faced cancelled flights.
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Grounded Kingfisher Lacks Funding Plan

Grounded Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines has failed to present regulators with a clear funding plan under a proposal to get it flying again, the country's aviation minister said. Kingfisher, owned by drinks tycoon Vijay Mallya and suspended in October over unpaid debts and salaries, submitted a plan on Monday to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to resume a limited service. According to local media reports, Kingfisher's parent company, UB Group, offered to inject INR6.5 billion rupees into the carrier - a key condition for getting it airborne again.
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Iran Bans Flights During Call To Prayer

Iran's parliament has banned planes from flying in the country during the Azan call to Islamic prayer, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. "According to the new directive, planes are banned from flying during Azan, especially during the call to morning prayers," Mehr quoted the spokesman for parliament's cultural committee Ali Taheri as saying.
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Air France to offer high speed train links on Strasbourg-Paris route

Air France will offer high speed train links as well as flights between Strasbourg in North East France and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport from April 2. Passengers connecting across Paris Charles de Gaulle to or from Strasbourg will be issued with a single ticket for both aircraft and train sectors of their journey, and they will be able to check-in up to 15 minutes before the train departure time for their entire trip. Air France agents will be on hand to greet passengers, and a free baggage loading and unloading service and dedicated baggage drop-off counters will be available.
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Aviation Quote

It is reasonable to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.

— Arthur Eddington, The Internal Constitution of Stars, 1926.

On This Date

---In 1773... George Cayley is born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Pioneer of early aviation regarded by many as the father of flight. His glider takes his coachman on the first manned flight in 1853.

---In 1949... US carriers American Airlines and TWA begin coast-to coast coach-class flights with 60-passenger DC-4s, charging US $110 one-way.

---In 1952…All Nippon Airways founded.

---Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first manned orbital mission to the moon.

---In 1992… USAF F-16 Fighting Falcons shoot down an Iraqi Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 in Southern Iraq's "no fly zone.”

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The Benefits of Confession...

After dropping their wives off at the church bingo, two men were talking about the exploits of their childhood. One of the men began feeling terrible about some of the things that he had done, so he decided to make a stop into his parish church and go to confession.

He told his friend, "Just a minute, I'll be right back."

He went into the church and decided to go to confession. He went into the confessional and said to the priest, "Father, forgive me for I have sinned. I have had two extramarital affairs."

The priest replied, "You need to say forty Hail Mary's, and I also need to know if the women were members of my parish."

The man said, "Yes, Father, they were."

The priest then said that he was required to tell the names of the two women.

The man said, "Father, I don't kiss and tell..."

The priest said, "Well, was one of them Mrs. O' Brian?"

The man said, "No, Father!"

The priest asked, "Well, was one of them Mrs. Swenson?"

Exasperated, the man said, "No, Father, I'm not telling you the names of the women!" and then quickly left the confessional.

As he approached the bottom of the church steps, his friend asked, "So, how did it go?"

The man said, "Great! Only forty Hail Mary's... and I got two hot leads!"

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