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...radical idea is to teach novices to fly a modern jet airliner in a little over a year. Unlike the traditional route to the cockpit, this course places limited emphasis on flying real planes; instead it focuses on training in simulators and teamwork. "Each person finds different things difficult," Stanley says of the challenge of handling the switches, knobs and screens in front of him and the responsibility for a hundred lives behind. "For some it will be memory, for others it will be handling skill. I had never driven a car, so motor skills - handling skills - were not very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying Without Wings | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

Sometimes even the most dedicated gallery goer can't find the time to stand in a ticket line or the patience to brave the crowds. So what could be more sybaritic for the jet-setting art lover than to book into a hotel with its own museum-quality collection? Here are three of the more offbeat best - all with private owners passionate about amassing serious art to share with their guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewing Rooms | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

...books with names like Faith of My Fathers, Character Is Destiny and Why Courage Matters, McCain has said his captivity was a personal turning point that opened his eyes to causes larger than himself, transforming a vain jet jockey into a servant of his country. It was also a political turning point that forged his views on foreign affairs. McCain saw Vietnam as an honorable and winnable war botched by spineless politicians who tied the hands of American soldiers and betrayed their South Vietnamese allies, dishonoring the U.S. and emboldening its enemies. And those were not just knee-jerk reactions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding John McCain | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...natural that Obama's only question cut straight to the factor beyond his own ability to shape his destiny. And as gambles go, late August weather in Denver is a pretty safe one. The blockbuster thunderstorms of June and July, when the sky goes jet black and the hail falls amid the whirlwinds, give way to gentler days and soft evenings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Risky Stadium Gig | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...wrote George Herbert Walker Bush in his diary on June 4, 1975. The "George" who was tired that day was his son, George W. Bush - jet lagged, no doubt, because the tennis court they played on was in Beijing. 'Bush 43' was then fresh out of the Harvard Business School, and 'Bush 41' was chief of the first United States Liason Office in Beijing - the de facto embassy that had opened after Richard Nixon's historic opening to China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Olympics Diplomacy Plan | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

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