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Top Cutlines — 11/2/06

A Boeing 737 pilot from Hungary's Malev Airlines fixes his aircraft's windshield wiper before take off in Budapest, Hungary, earlier today. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Top Cutlines

1. The new LOF - "Light on Funding" - airline serving local fliers puts pilots' time-management skills to the test. Here, Captain I.R. Bizzy washes the windshield while taxiing for position on a runway. Shortly after takeoff the captain will put the LOF craft on auto pilot and serve the in-flight meal. How does he manage? "Frequent breaks, and cheap liquor," the captain told The Inquisitor -- Brent Andrews.

2. Hey Bob, does this look like reindeer hair to you? -- Whatever.

3. Moments later, after discovering his plane was Hungary for further attention, the pilot fell to his death trying to check the oil -- John Austin.

HM: Cis

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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.