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1 hr ago | KTLA

3 Killed When Vintage Helicopter Crashes into Power Lines

Three people were killed Saturday when a vintage helicopter hit power lines, crashed and caught fire in San Bernardino County.

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Related Topix: San Bernardino County, CA, Adelanto, CA, Los Angeles Metro, US News

5 hrs ago | KSNT-TV Topeka

Air France crash memorial in Rio amid criticism

A passenger in silhouette watches an Air France aircraft at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport September 25, 2002 in Roissy, France.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, Air Accidents, US News

10 hrs ago | Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Airport: Delta deal best way to keep flying high

Atlanta Forward / The Editorial Board's View: It 's in everyone's best interest if an agreement on a new lease is OK'd by City Council before Mayor Franklin leaves office at year's end.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Hartsfield, GA, Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US News, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Sport Aviation

One Voice: GA joins together at inaugural AOPA Summit

Tom Poberezny appeared with AOPA's Craig Fuller during the AOPA Summit Thursday.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, Tampa Metro, US News

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Delta Plane Part Falls Onto Long Island Lawn

An engine tail cone popped off a Delta airlines jet shortly after takeoff from New York's Kennedy Airport.

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Related Topix: US News

KFBB

Mont. airport hopes to build control tower soon

Administrators at Missoula International Airport plan to start building a new control tower as early as this spring.

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Related Topix: US News

KXAN-TV Austin

Focus falls on cause of collision

With the possibility of finding survivors all but gone and the ocean search shifted from a rescue effort to a recovery mission, focus fell Monday on what caused a Marine Corps helicopter and U.S. Coast Guard plane to collide over the Pacific.

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Related Topix: US Coast Guard, US Military, US News, US Marine Corps, Naval Air Station North Island, US Military Prisons, Prison

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Tallahassee Democrat

Updated: NTSB: No distress call made from plane that crashed, killed both passengers

Senior Safety Investigator Brian Rayner of the National Transportation Safety Board is conducting an investigation of the plane crash Wednesday night that killed both passengers.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Leon County, FL, US News

MyFoxPhoenix

Bird Strike Causes Blood-Filled Cockpit

An amazing story from the White Mountains area.A Imagine you're flying two miles above the Earth when you smash into a bird that shatters your plane's windshield and leaves you bloodied.

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Related Topix: US News

Market Wire

Media Advisory: Los Angeles International Airport Breaks Ground on...

WHAT: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa will be joined by officials from City Council, federal aviation, and City fire and airport departments to break ground on a new replacement Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting facility at Los Angeles International Airport .

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, US News

Myphl17.com

Ariz. medical helicopter crashes on reservation, injuring 2 aboard; no patients on flight

Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed on Arizona's San Carlos Indian reservation during a training flight and both people aboard are seriously injured.

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Related Topix: US News

Aero-News Network

Aerospace Industries Association Says NextGen Acceleration Needed Now

Testimony By AIA Before The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee The FAA should adopt the recommendations in RTCA's Task Force Report and immediately integrate them into FAA's NextGen Implementation Plan, said Neil Planzer, vice president of Strategy for Air Traffic Management at the Boeing Company.

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Related Topix: US News

Wed Nov 04, 2009

WKYC

FAA: Runway incursion at Los Angeles airport minor

The Federal Aviation Administration has determined a runway incursion at Los Angeles International Airport last week was minor.

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Related Topix: US News, Transportation

WVNS-TV Ghent

Mercer Airport Improvements Nearly Complete

Mercer County Airport Manager, Randall Earnest, said crews are almost finished extending the airport's runway by 300 feet.

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Related Topix: US News

Juneau Empire

US needs new rules to eliminate pilot distraction

The following editorial first appeared in the Miami Herald: To the many woes plaguing airline passengers - smaller seats, higher ticket prices, fewer flights, etc.

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Related Topix: US News, Opinion, Business News

KNSD-TV

Coast Guard Plane Collides with Marine Chopper

A Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter that collided mid-air "burst into a fireball," according to Marines on at least one chopper that witnessed the crash.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton

Aircraft Maintenance Technology

FAA Approves Arkansas Children's Hospital HFDM Program

In a first for a dedicated Helicopter Emergency Medical Service provider , Arkansas Children's Hospital received FAA approval for their HFDM/FOQA program.

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Related Topix: US News, Hospital Administration, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Center for Cooperative Research

November 2001-May 2002: FAA New York Center Submits ';Formal Accident ...

The FAA's New York Center submits a "formal accident package" of evidence relating to the 9/11 attacks to FAA headquarters in Washington, DC, but a manager at the center deliberately excludes from it an audio tape on which several air traffic controllers recalled their experiences with the hijacked aircraft.

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Related Topix: US News

UPI

Earmarks aid private airports

U.S. taxpayer funds earmarked for "low priority" airports favor politics over practicality, Oklahoma Sen.

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Aero-News Network

Miami International Airport Turns On Sensis ASDE-X

Miami International Airport has begun operating with Sensis Corporation's Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X . The ground surveillance system provides air traffic controllers with increased situational awareness of surface operations and runway incursion detection and alerting.

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Related Topix: US News

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