11.   Paulson is a former airline pilot and aviation executive whose private jet will take five hours to cross the country.

12.   Supersonic jets took off from American aircraft carriers in the region.

13.   The jets take off from bases in Turkey and Saudi Arabia and from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf.

14.   The jets had taken off from Lakenheath air base in Suffolk, in southern England.

15.   The Safecard jet took off last April for New York from the Jacksonville airport with a number of corporate executives aboard.

16.   Then the group boarded the plane, the door closed and the jet took off, disappearing into a low ceiling of gray clouds.

17.   A half hour into the new century, their jet will take off.

18.   A second Air France jet took the unhospitalized passengers to Paris, an Air France spokeswoman said.

19.   After the jet took off for London, both boys died from subfreezing temperatures and lack of oxygen in the compartment.

20.   An Israel air force jet took off from Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv, while a Royal Jordanian Airlines plane left from Amman.