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FAA won't close air traffic control towers at small airports
The 149 air traffic control towers that were slated to close this summer because of the federal sequestration will remain open until at least September, federal officials said Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration said legislation approved by...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Budget Control Act of 2011, Layoffs and Downsizing, Air Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Delays
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Five Md. air traffic towers will remain open
Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that are part of 149 "low activity" towers nationwide will remain open through the end of the September, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday. The towers, including those at Martin State...Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation, Baltimore County, Ocean City, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Congress
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Nearly a third of fliers left devices turned on during flights
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.A study released this week found 30% of U.S. airline passengers accidentally left their tech devices turned on during flights in 2012. The study was conducted by the Airline Passenger Experience Assn. and the Consumer Electronics Assn. as a way to aid...Tags: Nokia Corp., Electronics, Travel, Air Transportation, Science and Technology
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Murals considered for airport
Quest Aviation can go forward with plans to build a new hangar after the Aberdeen Regional Airport Board gave its approval Thursday. The 80-foot by 80-foot hangar would be able to house larger aircraft than Quest can store at its present facility....Tags: Arts and Culture, Air Transportation Industry, Rentals, Arts
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Newport city manager talks JWA
Newport Beach residents are "finishing up the second lap" in the proverbial mile-long race toward a new John Wayne Airport settlement, City Manager Dave Kiff told a crowd of residents Wednesday night at a Speak Up Newport forum. The event was at the...Tags: Air Transportation Industry
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Roanoke air traffic control tower to remain open overnight
ReporterThe Federal Aviation Administration has dropped plans to close Roanoke's air traffic control tower overnight. Automatic budget cuts threatened to end the overnight shift at mid-sized airports across the country. Roanoke Regional learned this week the...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Air Transportation Industry
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FCC moves toward opening airwaves for in-flight Internet
The Federal Communications Commission took a step toward improving Web access for air travelers, voting to write rules to open frequencies for an air-to-ground Internet service proposed by Qualcomm Inc. In a 4-0 vote Thursday, the FCC advanced the...
Tags: Qualcomm Inc., AMR Corp., Marketing, Media Industry, Transportation Industry
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Air Force decision on airspace expected in March
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - An Air Force decision on its plan to more than triple the airspace that can be used in training exercises for Dakotas-based B-1 and B-52 bombers is expected in March. But Air Force chief of staff Gen. Mark Welsh says the Federal...
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FAA to keep control towers at midsize airports open at night
Budget cuts won't force the closure of air traffic control towers during overnight shifts, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday. But the federal agency said it is still uncertain whether it will be forced this summer to close towers...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace, Spirit Airlines, Air Transportation Industry
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RAW VIDEO: Intentional fire set at SB Regional Airport (training)
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND –If you saw big plumes of smoke coming from the South Bend Regional Airport the last two days and wondered what it was, members of the St.Joseph County Airport Authority's Department of Public Safety have been conducting fire training.... -
Investigators open probe into airplane crash that killed father and son
Federal investigators began examining Monday the wreckage of a two-seater, home-built airplane that crashed Sunday in Virginia, killing a man from Davidsonville and his son from Westminster, the father of 10 children. On Saturday, experimental...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Timonium, Accidental Death, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Air and Space Accidents
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Sky diver requested his ashes be spread in one final jump
The last wish of a sky diver who died over the weekend was to be cremated and have his ashes spread across the sky, his family said. Ken Oka, 62, was performing a maneuver with a group of sky divers shortly after 3 p.m. when he got ensnared in the chute...
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