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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Aviation

‘An ATM shaped like an airport’

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 1:31 PM Feb 26, 2013
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Small airports get pork money while air traffic controllers get furloughed.

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Economy

Closed airport towers a potential ‘calamity?’ Not likely

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 1:55 PM Feb 22, 2013
7

it’s good to keep the dire warnings in perspective and requiring a transportation secretary to explain how closing towers at airports without airline service is going to significant hamper the airline traveling public.

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Airline to move headquarters to state with a little life left in it

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2013, 4:12 PM Jan 24, 2013
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It was the battle of the perceived business-friendly state vs. the perceived business-unfriendly state today. And the business unfriendly state won.

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The car/plane delayed

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 23, 2013, 11:09 AM Jan 23, 2013
3

It may be awhile before the car that flies is a reality.

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NASA record-holder signs off.

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 14, 2013, 2:18 PM Jan 14, 2013
1

If any humans orbiting the earth want to talk to the Roseville (by way of Bemidji) native Paul Dye in the future, they’ll have to call him at home.

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Crime and Justice · Health

The drunks in the cockpit

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 10:52 AM Jan 4, 2013
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KARE 11 reports that the police pulled a pilot out of his American Airlines jet this morning under the suspicion that he was drunk. He apparently failed a breathalyzer test.

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Glencoe air crash solved

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 26, 2012, 2:30 PM Dec 26, 2012
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The National Transportation Safety Board has completed an investigation into a March plane crash in Glencoe that killed three people.

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Weather

The blizzardy mirth of Wisconsin

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 12:33 PM Dec 21, 2012
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The dirty little secret of Minnesota,is that we get you, Wisconsin.

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The last man on the moon

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 13, 2012, 1:07 PM Dec 13, 2012
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It was 39 years ago today that Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt became the last men to walk on the moon.

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How planes crash

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 3:21 PM Dec 12, 2012
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The cemeteries are full of pilots and passengers who tried to land an airplane in bad weather.

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Coffee break

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2012, 11:56 AM Dec 6, 2012
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Every now and again on these pages, we consider the possibilities of cars that fly — or planes that drive.

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Timewasters: The landings

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 3, 2012, 11:59 AM Dec 3, 2012
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Of no particular value other than it’s awesomeness is this video posted today showing every landing in San Diego over a four-and-a-half-hour span on Black Friday.

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The consequences of a bad day at work

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 29, 2012, 1:54 PM Nov 29, 2012
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A U.S. airplane mechanic lives with the notion that he caused the deaths of 113 people.

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Why airplanes need to change routes

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 20, 2012, 8:05 AM Nov 20, 2012
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At the heart of what’s happening at MSP, is a system being implemented — slowly — across the U.S.

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An airplane’s migration

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 8, 2012, 12:06 PM Nov 8, 2012
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A week or so ago, this plane had to get from Minnesota to Florida. All that was needed was a pilot willing to bundle up enough to survive the frigid temps of flyover country.

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