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US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport

A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Business News

Thu May 16, 2013

KHQ-TV Spokane

FAA OKs expansion of East Wenatchee airport

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a $30 million project to lengthen the runway at Pangborn Memorial Airport in East Wenatchee.

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Related Topix: Wenatchee, WA, US News, East Wenatchee, WA, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

Wed May 15, 2013

Airport Business

AEA Discusses Safety Issues with FAA Administrator

LEE'S SUMMIT, MO., May 15, 2013 -- On Monday, May 13, Aircraft Electronics Association President Paula Derks met with Michael Huerta, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator, to share safety initiatives along with other trade associations.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Lees Summit, MO, Transportation

TBD.com

FAA offered bonuses ahead of sequester, documents show

According to documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal , the Federal Aviation Administration was awarding bonuses to some of its employees right before the federal budget sequester.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

People's Daily Online

Boeing resumes deliveries of Dreamliners

Boeing delivered a Dreamliner made in its Everett plant in Washington to Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Boeing, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

Tue May 14, 2013

Sherwoodgazette.com

Troutdale Airport's control tower gets reprieve, for now

Troutdale Airport's air traffic control tower will stay open after all, at least until the end of the 2013 fiscal year, announced U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Friday, May 10.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation, Oregon

New Yorker

Idea of the Week: The Drone Economy

When it comes to drones, many people think of targeted killings in faraway countries.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation, Agriculture, Science

The Japan Times

U.S. defense cuts: An ax is needed, not a scalpel

Over the last decade America's Republican Party put militarism before limited government.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Transportation, Terrorism, Opinion

Examiner.com

Colleges approved by the FAA for aspiring air traffic controllers

The Federal Aviation Administration is looking for qualified air traffic controllers to fill the thousands of vacancies they anticipate will occur as retirements ramp up over the next decade.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

Aero-News Network

Letter Groups, Elected Officials Welcome DOT Contract Tower Decision

NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen welcomed Friday's announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation that 149 contract air traffic control towers, slated for closure next month, will instead remain open throughout the federal government's 2013 fiscal year, which ends Sept.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative David McKinley

Osky News

Loebsack Announces More Than $480,000 in Funding For Airports in Osceola, Oskaloosa

Congressman Dave Loebsack announced today that municipal airports in Osceola and Oskaloosa have received two grants in total of $483,930 from the Federal Aviation Administration .

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Related Topix: Oskaloosa, IA, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

Mon May 13, 2013

Detroit News

Advocates seek to ease fed cuts

Michigan and national supporters of programs like medical research and Meals on Wheels hope to ease their federal budget cuts since Congress ended air traffic controller furloughs that led to flight delays.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Bill Huizenga, Republican, US House of Representatives, Michigan, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

KNDO

Yakima Airport Officials Happy with FAA Decision to Keep Towers Open

Officials at the Yakima Air Terminal are breathing a sigh of relief after the Federal Aviation Administration announced it won't be closing Yakima's air traffic control tower.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

KHQ-TV Spokane

Oregon National Guard to shows off drones

The Oregon National Guard will be showing off four new drones that are based at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton.

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Related Topix: Transportation, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

WIZM-AM La Crosse

Control Towers To Remain Open

The Federal Aviation Administration is keeping open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of government wide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress.

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Related Topix: Transportation, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, US Politics, Ron Kind, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Business Journal

Five WA air traffic control towers get FAA reprieve

Five air traffic control towers in Washington state, part of 149 across the country that were slated to be closed due to federal government spending cuts, will remain open, at least until Sept.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

Sun May 12, 2013

Asbury Park Press

U.S. safety oversight of aircraft repairs faulted

The government's oversight of hundreds of domestic and overseas repair stations that service U.S. airliners is ineffective and doesn't target the factors most likely to present safety risks, the Department of Transportation's inspector general said last week.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

Business Times

Survey: Flyers don't turn off phones

WASHINGTON: Despite rules requiring US flyers to turn off their phones and other electronic devices, many people leave them on, a survey showed recently.

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Related Topix: Transportation, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

Patch.com

Briscoe Field Tower To Remain Open

The control tower at Gwinnett County-owned Briscoe Field will remain open at least through September, according to a Federal Aviation Administration announcement Friday .

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

KISU-TV Pocatello

America Revealed

Yul Kwon journeys across the continent by air, road and rail and ventures behind the scenes with the workers who get people and goods where they need to go in a nation whose population is the most mobile on Earth.

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Related Topix: Transportation, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

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