WASHINGTON, July 21 — The office of Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., issued the following news release: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today approved critical updates to improve our nation’s aviation system, including two measures championed by Senator Mark Pryor that will benefit air service in Arkansas.Sen. Pryor Seeks to Improve Aviation Service in [...]

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When pilots return from combat missions in southern Afghanistan, it is the voice of a 21-year-old Sheboygan woman that leads them home.Superstar Sailor helps U.S. aircraft to safety (Sheboygan Press) Evangeline Louise Conway, the first child of Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway and his wife, Elizabeth Conway, was born at at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday. Baby [...]

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13 JUL 2009, 18:07 EDTBoeing 737-3H4N387SW – Southwest Airlines0 / 131 Charleston, WV (USA)Domestic Scheduled Passenger flight, during cruise flightSouthwest flight 2294, a Boeing 737-300 experienced rapid decompression while en route from Nashvill… (more)13 JUL 2009 – Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-3H4 Accident 06 JUN 2009, 08:20Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000XY-ADW – Myanma Airways0 / 68 Sittwe-Civil [...]

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KOLKATA: At least two flights have ‘disappeared’ from the Air Traffic Control radar at the NSC Bose International Airport here in the past few days, airport officials said here today.Two flights ‘disappear’ from airport’s radar HYDERABAD: Cloud-seeding operations could not be undertaken for the third day on Wednesday following a technical snag in the Cessna [...]

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SUN glare was a contributing factor to a mid-air collision of two flight school planes above an Adelaide airport, investigators say.Sun glare caused mid-air collision (Adelaide Now) Officials determine cause of fatal plane collision (Casper Star-Tribune)GREEN RIVER — The two pilots involved in a fatal mid-air collision last summer failed see each other’s airplane, federal [...]

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National Air Traffic Controllers Assn. expressed guarded optimism regarding US FAA’s announcement Monday that is “moving away from a culture of blame and punishment” in the reporting of operational errors by controllers .NATCA ‘hopeful’ but ‘puzzled’ over FAA overture ” U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar secured two amendments to the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bill that [...]

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15 JUL 2009, 11:33Tupolev 154MEP-CPG – Caspian Airlines168 / 168 Qazvin (Iran)International Scheduled Passenger flight, during cruise flightA Caspian Airlines Tupolev 154M passenger plane was destroyed when it struck terrain near Qazvin, 16… (more)15 JUL 2009 – Caspian Airlines Tupolev 154M Accident 02 JUN 2009, 10:15de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 2008Q-MAG – Kenn Borek [...]

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