The Dayton International Airport’s administration plans to break ground on Sept. 17 for a new Air Traffic Control tower that will cost at least $30 million and won’t be operational until 2010.Airport to break ground on $30 million tower (Dayton Daily News) The FAA is pushing for a new air-traffic control system to relieve congestion. [...]

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San Diego Union-Tribune – An investigation was continuing, but the incident appeared to have begun when the arriving pilot prematurely switched radio frequencies from Air Traffic Control to ground traffic control before receiving final instructions from the air traffic …Two passenger jets come close to colliding on L.A. airport runway Salon – Up to now [...]

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The Air National Guard’s top six enlisted Airmen of the year were recognized for their achievements when the Air Guard’s command chief master sergeant hosted Airmen of the Year Week here Aug.Air National Guard recognizes top Airmen The band also recorded its third album, Calling All Ghosts . “Fans should expect our best album yet,” [...]

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Wall Street Journal – NAIROBI, Kenya — Africa accounts for less than 5% of global Air Traffic, but about 25% of the world’s plane crashes. Flying is so dangerous that it even impaired the United Nations World Food Program’s efforts to deliver aid to suffering populations …How U.N. Food Organization Improves Africa’s Air Safety Houston [...]

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Editor’s note: A dozen Transcript staff members took shifts scaring up news in Norman at all hours of the day and night this past week.No time to snooze n Rescinding order of demolition of one of the structures at 30 Audubon Place.Ordering demolition of the structure at 1620 32nd Ave.Setting Sept. 11 for a hearing [...]

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Long delays, heaving crowds and bad tempers. Welcome to air travel in China, where an expected crush of visitors during the 2008 Olympic Games is set to make travel even more uncomfortable.China’s air transport struggles ahead of 2008 crush (Servihoo) Long delays, heaving crowds and bad tempers.China’s air transport struggles ahead of 2008 crush (AFP [...]

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Xinhua News Agency – A spokesman for Air Traffic Services in Tahiti said the plane went down in good weather and the cause of the crash is not known. The domestic Air Moorea Twin Otter, a twin-engine turboprop with 20 people onboard (including the pilot), was …16 bodies recovered after air crash in French Polynesia [...]

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