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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Aviation

‘Bombing’ South St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 3, 2011, 11:46 AM Sep 3, 2011
1

If there were an olympics for flying, this sort of thing would be one of the events.

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The woman who could’ve been an original astronaut

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 1, 2011, 4:04 PM Sep 1, 2011
3

Betty Skelton died yesterday at age 85.

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The age of personal jets is at hand

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 11, 2011, 3:45 PM Aug 11, 2011

Today in Oshkosh, a company test flew a jet it may offer as a kit to people who want to assemble it.

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Overloaded brain may be cause of air disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 2, 2011, 1:16 PM Aug 2, 2011
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Cockpit transcripts in the Air France crash raise questions about whether humans can handle situations the pilots of the doomed jetliner faced.

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A pilot’s bad timing

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 29, 2011, 11:45 AM Jul 29, 2011
2

The world’s largest general aviation show is a bad time to ruin your F-16.

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The cost of a hub airport

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 28, 2011, 1:45 PM Jul 28, 2011
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Minneapolis-Saint Paul passengers pay about $57 a ticket more than the average airline passenger.

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Who wants a car that flies?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 27, 2011, 12:42 PM Jul 27, 2011
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It’s a heck of a country where there are people willing to spend money betting against the people who are betting against an idea.

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Airlines make grab for taxpayer cash

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 25, 2011, 12:51 PM Jul 25, 2011

Passengers were to get a tax break this week, but the airlines took it.

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A ‘misassigned Minnesotan’s’ last shuttle mission

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2011, 2:20 PM Jul 7, 2011
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Roseville native Paul Dye will have no challenge to his record as longest-service space shuttle flight director.

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Pilot’s tirade against flight attendants blocks air traffic communication

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2011, 11:19 AM Jun 22, 2011
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A Southwest Airlines pilot has learned a lesson that a lot of old — and often, former — radio people could have taught him: Always check that the microphone is off.

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The sad end of the Liberty Belle

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 13, 2011, 11:40 AM Jun 13, 2011
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The B-17 that visited St. Paul two weeks ago, crashed near Chicago today.

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Planes in the heart

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2011, 12:32 PM Jun 2, 2011
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One of the best parts about being a news blogger is hearing from people years after you’ve written a post, who have a personal connection with something mentioned in a News Cut post.

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The problem with the president’s plane

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2011, 4:01 PM May 18, 2011

It really wasn’t a big deal when a big jet executed a ‘missed approach’ because of bad weather in Hartford, Connecticut today. But the big jet had the president of the United States in it, so it’s in the news.

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Appeals Court: Cirrus not responsible for plane crash that killed two

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2011, 11:27 AM Apr 19, 2011
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling that held Duluth-based Cirrus Design responsible for teaching people who buy its airplanes how to fly them safely .

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Controller: Doubling control tower staffing no cure for the sleepy

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2011, 5:33 PM Apr 14, 2011
2

The overnight dysfunction of the air traffic control system explained.

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