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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Aviation

Why volcano eruptions ground the airlines

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 15, 2010, 10:01 AM Apr 15, 2010
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Capt. Eric Moody of British Airways has the answer firsthand. He was at the controls of a Boeing 747, which inadvertently flew into a volcanic ash cloud. All four engines quit.

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Near aviation tragedy averted

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2010, 4:23 PM Mar 30, 2010
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A small airplane was one second away from colliding with a jetliner, the NTSB says.

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Baggage in the airline overhead bins

kenpaulman March 17, 2010, 11:10 AM Mar 17, 2010
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A Marketplace headline reads that checked bag fees lead to cabin chaos, Should Congress address the issue?

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Women of the air

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 10, 2010, 10:56 AM Mar 10, 2010

Remembering the WASPs.

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The overblown JFK tower story

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2010, 2:11 PM Mar 3, 2010
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Actual tapes of a boy giving air traffic control instructions reveal less drama than the news coverage of the story is suggesting.

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Airline report card

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2010, 11:31 AM Feb 12, 2010

Examining the government’s report on what it’s like to fly.

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Goodbye, Northwest

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 30, 2009, 5:12 PM Dec 30, 2009
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Northwest Airlines officially disappears at midnight Thursday.

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The flight of the 787

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2009, 11:49 AM Dec 15, 2009
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How to watch the first flight of Boeing’s new jet.

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Live-blogging Midmorning: Going by air

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 30, 2009, 9:59 AM Nov 30, 2009
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Time so spare? Go by air!

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Flight 188: What the tapes tell us

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 27, 2009, 10:00 PM Nov 27, 2009
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The FAA releases tapes between controllers and pilots who say they were too distracted to land their jet in Minneapolis.

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Shuttle landings made easy

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 27, 2009, 9:40 AM Nov 27, 2009
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Few technological contraptions can be as breathtaking as a shuttle landing.

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War

Return of the Red Tail

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 5, 2009, 8:25 PM Aug 5, 2009
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A traveling testimonial to the Tuskegee Airmen returns home to Minnesota.

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Crime and Justice · Regional history

Flying drunk

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 3, 2009, 10:23 AM Aug 3, 2009
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A former Northwest pilot revisits the time he and his crew flew their flight drunk.

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Why do airplanes crash?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2008, 11:53 AM Dec 2, 2008
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Malcolm Gladwell says there’s a cultural component to plane crashes.

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Garden flowers, taxes, baggy pants and the things we hold dear

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2008, 8:43 PM Jul 20, 2008

An orbit around Planet News.

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