The Original Tubthumper posted a photo: Dougie, our man in ATC operations. Levels and curves adjusted in Elements 4, with a bit of USM around the face. God, I love my new camera…. Opsmeister, post PP The Original Tubthumper posted a photo: Not nearly as dramatic as it looks. Actually, it’s our direct line to [...]

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Each day, some 25,000 commercial flights take off and land at airports around the country.An airplane flying across a blue sky. Credit: iStockphoto.com CAA says new Air Traffic Control center in Taoyuan will be …Taipei Times, Taiwan – 19 hours agoThe CAA has completed construction of some important sub-systems such as the ATS message-handling system [...]

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Resort group to honor journalists killed in helicopter crash – Bizjournals.comResort group to honor journalists killed in helicopter crashBizjournals.com, NC – Aug 9, 2007… by The Valley Hotel and Resort Association will donate some of its proceeds to honor the four journalists killed in a mid-air collision last month. … Brookfield High football team opens [...]

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Europe’s air navigation agency is expanding beyond its borders to help China during the 2008 Olympics and work with India and Brazil to modernize their struggling air traffic systems, a senior official said Tuesday.Eurocontrol Expands As Air Traffic Booms (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Helicopter flight trials for EGNOS (EurekAlert!)Successful trials have recently been conducted at [...]

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Accident of Learjet 35A registered N500ND Dominica-Melville Hall Airport (DOM) – 0 fatalities11 AUG 2007 – Learjet 35A Accident 23 JUL 2007 – SOREM Canadair CL-415 AccidentAccident of Canadair CL-415 registered I-DPCX near Sant’Erasmo – 1 fatalities Accident of Boeing 737-809 registered B-18616 Okinawa-Naha Airport (OKA) – 0 fatalities20 AUG 2007 – China Airlines Boeing [...]

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Crites Field saw Air Traffic drop in 2006Greater Milwaukee Today, USA – 12 hours agoBy JOE PETRIE – GM Today Staff WAUKESHA – Crites Field saw a significant drop in aircraft traffic in 2006 due to a spike in fuel costs making it harder for …Crites Field saw Air Traffic drop in 2006 – Greater [...]

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Washington PostTraffic Jams at Airports as Airlines Vie for Popular Departure TimesWall Street Journal – 16 hours agoWith all due respect to Mr. Armey, I feel that a much simpler solution exists to the Air Traffic Control problem. USA Today recently revealed that a large …Overhaul of Air Traffic System Nears Key Step Washington PostIt?s [...]

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