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Obama should remember his veto pen mightier than sword
President Obama had the opportunity this week to make an irresponsible Congress face the consequences of its own dumb actions. For reasons I cannot fathom, he took a pass. Rather than use the veto pen that must be gathering dust in some Oval Office...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Politics
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Solar airplane begins first leg of trip across America
A spindly solar-powered aircraft took to the skies Friday from Moffett Federal Airfield, near San Francisco, on a pioneering coast-to-coast flight that will not use one ounce of fossil fuel. The plane, called Solar Impulse HB-SIA, has an immense 208-...Tags: Environmental Issues, Swiss Confederation, Air Transportation, Washington, DC, Kennedy Airport
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Man hurt in glider crash in Bucks County
A glider crashed at a Bucks County small-plane airfield Saturday, injuring the 70-year-old pilot, who was rushed to the hospital, authorities said. Eldon Vosseller of Basking Ridge, N.J., was hurt during take-off on the grass runway of Van Sant Airport...
Tags: Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board
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Change in tack for battling JWA noise
A mechanical shriek followed a low rumble as the Boeing 737 came closer, a looming albatross partially obscured by a thin, misty cloud. Within moments, it had passed and was soaring over the gunmetal waters of the Upper Newport Bay and toward the ocean....
Tags: Disneyland Park, Boeing Co., Air Transportation Industry, Southwest Airlines Co.
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Local Voices: Naperville, Lisle and Aurora
Letters to the editor from Naperville, Lisle and Aurora residents. Speed risks The proposed change in Illinois' speed limit from 65 to 70 miles per hour on tollways and interstate highways increases the risk of damage. The approximately 8 percent...
Tags: Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Standards, Wireless Technology, Politics
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Five questions for Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee cut his teeth on public-private partnerships 26 years ago as a Lehman Brothers executive in charge of financing projects in Asia. He put together a consortium of local investors to build a $1.8 billion, 12-mile toll road in Bangkok....
Tags: Labor Legislation, Regional Authority, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Executive Branch, Port of Baltimore
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FAA Moves to Wind Down Contract Weather Observers
Channel 2 NewsMore than 100 contract weather observers working for the Federal Aviation Administration could be out of a job in September 2013. The FAA says it's looking at transferring the observers' duties to certified air traffic controllers at the end of the fiscal...Tags: Weather, Air Transportation Industry, Weather Reports
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Part of wing ripped as airliners clip each other on ground at Newark
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into why two airplanes clipped each other on a taxiway as they readied for takeoff at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday. The probe, announced Thursday in a Twitter...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Embraer SA, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board
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2 planes clip each other at O'Hare
Two planes clipped each other on a taxiway at O’Hare International Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A Lufthansa cargo aircraft was in a hold line around 6 p.m. Wednesday when a LOT passenger jet clipped its wing while...
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United Express jet out of service after run-in with SAS jet
Tribune reporterA United Express flight was clipped by a Scandinavian Airlines aircraft on its approach to takeoff at Newark Airport Wednesday night on its way to Nashville, officials said. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the collision occurred just...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board
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L.A. City Council panels back plan to move LAX runway
Rejecting the arguments of community groups, two Los Angeles City Council committees on Tuesday backed a controversial plan to move the northernmost runway at Los Angeles International Airport 260 feet closer to bordering neighborhoods in Westchester...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Bill Rosendahl, NASA, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles International Airport
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Boeing CEO says 787 grounding didn't have big financial impact
Tribune reporterJust days after Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was officially cleared to fly by U.S. regulators, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said the plane's 100-day grounding did not and will not have a significant financial impact on the Chicago-based aircraft maker. McNerney,...Tags: Japan, Aerospace Manufacturing, Field Museum of Natural History, Manufacturing and Engineering, Boeing Co.
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