Airline fees bring headaches to some passengers, offer choices to other

Airline fees, once merely irritating, have blossomed into a major source of airline profits and a growing headache for travelers.

Profitable airline fees only going to increase

Over the next 18 months, airline consultants say carriers are likely to start selling new conveniences and comforts to passengers.

WARREN’S WORLD: Dreaming of Snow

Until the early 1950s, a summer without skiing was a lot different than it is today. Summer, in earlier times, meant frequent trips to the garage to check on whether or not your skis had warped or twisted in the heat. The skis were all made out of laminated wood and didn’t have plastic bottoms. To try and prevent the warping, some of my friends would take their metal edges off and cement the ...

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Neither pilot nor museum ready to give up - Corning, NY - The Corning Leader

Jim Poel sits at the controls of the Albany Flyer, a replica built by the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum’s restoration shop, during the construction process. The plane crashed during a June test flight, and Poel is now recovering from his injuries at Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital.