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This past weekend, I slid into an assigned seat on what I think was the biggest airplane I have ever been on. Stuck between a window and a stranger for a flight over the Atlantic, I decided to seize ...

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Surely you can’t be serious: There’s an unreleased director’s cut of “Airplane!” and you can soon see it in Upstate New York. “Airplane! Live with Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays!” is coming to the ...