for more than 22 years the faa and the fcc have essentially feeding us an urban myth that cell phone use would crash planes who could question passenger safety why has the faa and fcc been lying to us about cell phones on planes its also a favorite for surfers and spectators the enormous barrel the wave creates inspired the name pipe and some of photographer anthony tortoriello captures pipeline from above i recently cruised the viking waterways of the czars excursion from st petersburg russia to moscow on this the largest fleet of river vessels in the world slow boat to moscow