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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: Air Transportation Industry, Boeing Co., Disneyland Park, 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: Wireless Technology, National Rifle Association of America, American Academy of Pediatrics, Crime, Law and Justice, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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After flight delays, will cancer move Congress to act?
Reuters* Fiscal needs pile up but few seen as acute as flight delays * Congress may find it difficult to say no to cancer patients By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - As Congress sifts through a growing number of requests for targeted relief from...Tags: John Boehner, Renee Ellmers, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Executive Branch, Maryland Department of Transportation, Company Privatization, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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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: Air Transportation Industry, Weather, 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, National Transportation Safety Board, Embraer SA, Transportation Industry
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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, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry
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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, Air Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Aerospace Manufacturing, Field Museum of Natural History
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FAA grounds flights at Houston's Bush airport after shots -media
ReutersHOUSTON, May 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a ground stop for all flights from Bush Intercontinental Airport after shots were fired in Terminal B, KTRK-TV reported on Thursday. Police and airport security closed the...Tags: Air Transportation Industry
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Md. airport towers appear safe from federal cuts
Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that had been scheduled to shut down in June as a result of federal budget cuts are now expected to remain open, lawmakers said Wednesday — easing fears that the closures could back up flights at BWI...
Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation, John Thune, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Obama quietly signs bill easing air travel delays
ReutersBy Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - Without comment or fanfare, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed legislation sparing U.S. air travel from the effects of across-the-board spending cuts that had caused delays and stirred public ire....Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Public Finance, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC
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