BOSTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is spending $48 million on 30 Air Traffic control tower simulators. NewsCenter 5s David Brown reported Monday that it is part of a new training program for Air Traffic controllers. The new high-tech …Simulator Helps Train Air Traffic Controllers – Boston Channel

AAA expects fewer Americans will travel during the July 4 holiday weekend this year than in 2008. AAA expects 37.1 million Americans will take a trip of 50 miles or longer during the weekend, which is typically the busiest time of the year for auto …AAA: Holiday travel down, Air Traffic up – Birmingham Business Journal

MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — Countries that received the most airline passengers from Mexico this spring were the most likely to see H1N1 swine flu infection, new research says. The finding confirms that tracking global flight patterns to …Air Traffic Patterns Predict Swine Flu Spread – KVIA.com

TORONTO – Canadian researchers have designed a system based on air travel patterns to predict how infectious diseases will spread around the world, offering a means of halting transmission by taking preventive measures as soon as an outbreak occurs …System uses Air Traffic patterns to predict global infectious disease … – Canada East

Canadian researchers have designed a system using air travel patterns to predict how infectious diseases will spread around the world, and by taking preventive measures as soon as an outbreak occurs. The system known as BIO.DOASPORA system, is …Researchers: Air Traffic patterns can predict infectious disease … – New Straits Times

New equipment which allows Air Traffic controllers to see exactly where aircraft are on the ground at Auckland Airport should cut disruption on foggy days. The series of stations around the airport allow pinpointing to within less than a metre the …Air Traffic control sees through fog – New Zealand Herald

Summer (which has just begun for half the world) is a time for road trips and vacations. That means lots of family fun, but it also means long boring car or airplane rides for the kids, layovers, and waiting in line. Thankfully for parents at their wits end, if you possess an iPhone, you also possess potentially countless hours of free or cheap entertainment to keep your child occupied. Below is …15 iPhone Apps to Tame the Kids (Mashable)

The Air Traffic control tower at Bishop International Airport in Flint. It is one of several once occupied by retired Air Traffic controller Dennis Donlon of Fenton.Guiding the friendly skies (Tri-County Times)

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Drive down Amelia Earhart Boulevard by the airport traffic circle and take a closer look at the large stand of trees on the side of the road., (Press of Atlantic City)

A new pilot is at the helm of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority Board of Commissioners. Kirk Huddleston, a member of the MKAA board since March 1998, replaced Richard Krieg as chairman on Wednesday. Krieg is leaving the board after 21 years of service.Huddleston, new airport authority chairman, bullish on facility’s future (The Maryville Daily Times)

A signal has been detected from the flight data recorders of the Yemenia airliner that crashed in the Indian Ocean on 30 June, officials say.Yemenia crash jet signal detected

In ICFP ’00: Proceedings of the fifth ACM SIGPLAN international conference on Functional programming, Vol.FranTk – a declarative GUI language for Haskell

Poor Air Traffic communication contributed to a delay in the launch of a search and rescue mission for Air France 447 which crashed in the Atlantic on 1 June.Vital hours

Moncton Flight College and Air Canada Jazz officials are in talks to avoid a repeat of a recent incident that forced the crew of an arriving passenger jet to take action to avoid a potential collision.Flight college, airline in talks after collision scare

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Airline passengers aren’t the only ones who experience jet lag. According to a federal audit released Thursday, the Air Traffic controllers at O’Hare International Airport have too little time between shifts, a problem which contributes to fatigue and could be a safety threat.O’Hare Controllers Just Plane Tired

CHICAGO – Dave Mirra is known as the “Miracle Man.” The 35-year old BMX Park veteran didn’t use divine intervention at the Nike 6.0 BMX Open at Grant Park on Saturday as the Dew Tour opened the 2009 season.Mirra impresses Chicago

Air Traffic controllers who direct planes in and out of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport have too little time off between shifts, a factor that contributes to fatigue and could be a safety threat, according to a federal audit released Thursday.Chicago Air Traffic Controllers Fatigued, Over-Worked: Study

The NTSB said this week it is investigating two runway incursions that occurred in June at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, while a controller-in-training was directing the airplanes.NTSB Investigating Two Runway Incursions In Cleveland