August 31, 2012 Ministry Wings Aviation is a wonderful organization that helps get people on airplanes when they have a serious issue. Those issues range from medical emergencies, humanitarian causes, and even ministries. They team up with corporate aircraft to get people to their destination.
Airplane design has remained pretty standardized over the last century or so – sure, some people goof around with funky wings and weird engines, but for the most part the single-wing design has been large and in charge. Things are about to change.
Last month, two-year-old Natalie was getting ready to take off on a JetBlue flight with her parents and her sister from Turks and Caicos to Boston. As two-year-olds are wont to do, little Natalie started to throw a fit. After about five minutes of some pretty intense screaming, Dr. Colette Vieau and her husband, Dr. Mordecai Stolk, were able to get their toddler under control and strapped into her seat.
But the pilot of the plane had already heard enough, and made the decision to return to the gate and eject the family from the flight for violating FAA regulations.
November 15, 2011 I understand that as an American choosing to fly you have to follow certain rules. You have to have to send your bags through x-ray, you have to take off your shoes, you cannot travel with tweezers or clippers in your carry-on and forget a full bottle of shampoo or toothpaste. You pretty much give up certain rights for safety. I understand, I get it, I would even go through the x-ray machine that can see you and all your glory just to make the experience more bearable. It's a safety issue for our country. However, wrapped gifts, are now a target for searches.
