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December 30, 2019

Patriots Owner Loans His Plane To The U.S. Navy

Flew The Navy Football Team To Its Bowl Game In Memphis, TN

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft loaned the team's official plane to the U.S. Navy to transport the Navy football team to Memphis, TN where they will face Kansas in the Liberty Bowl Tuesday.

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Open Airplane, which was designed to make it easier to rent an airplane, and FlyOtto, which matched passengers with pilots traveling to their destination, shut down as of Monday, December 23. Founder Rod Rakic writes that the concept of the business was to make it as easy to rent an airplane as it is to rent a car, and to take the hassle and expense out of renting an airplane. Open Airplane began operation in 2013 with some 5,000 pilots signed up to get updates on the program. The network grew to include m