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An aircraft flies across blue skies leaving a vapour trail. Picture: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images PICTURE the scene: late afternoon on a warm summer s day. The fragrant scent of freshly cut grass hangs in the air, twittering bird song drifts from the nearby trees. Overhead, a single vapour trail cuts across the cobalt blue, cloudless sky. On the garden lawn, I lie back and watch the small, moving dot of an aircraft making haste through the stratosphere. My hand reaches for my phone. I click on an app: BA49 from London Heathrow to Seattle. I am endlessly fascinated by planes. There was a time, many years ago, that I briefly considered training to become a pilot. My poor grasp of maths let me down: it transpires that not getting muddled between double and half is crucial when attempting to calculate the necessary fuel load.

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