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Don't count on another miracle
Remember Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who landed his Airbus A320 carrying 155 passengers safely on the Hudson River in 2009 after a flock of geese collided with the jet over New York's LaGuardia Airport and stalled both...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Chesley B. Sullenberger III, Air Transportation Delays, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Air and Space Accidents
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What can be done about bird strikes on airline jets?
There is no doubt that bird strikes are a growing problem that is likely to result in airline tragedy, but your recent editorial fails to discuss exactly what the FAA can do about it ("Don't count on another miracle," Sept. 14). It seems to me that any...Tags: Air Transportation Industry
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Social Security Administration gets C's in clear communication
Advocates for plain language have issued their first report card on how clearly federal agencies communicate with taxpayers and others — and the Social Security Administration has drawn a pair of C's. That put the Woodlawn-based administration in...Tags: Al Gore, Lawyers, Bruce Braley, Judges, Online Media Industry
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Drones raise privacy concerns
In February, President Obama signed a bill requiring the Federal Aviation Administration to accommodate unmanned aerial vehicles in America's civilian airspace. The legislation slipped through without much media notice and certainly with no input from the...Tags: Barack Obama
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Do we know what we're getting into with drones?
Why must values always take a back seat to the headlong rush of developing technology? ("Md. sees a future in the rise of unmanned aircraft," Aug. 14.) Sure, the creation of these new jobs in a sagging economy (1,050 jobs at AAI alone over the last...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Michael Hayes, Pakistan
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Federal executives balk at new financial disclosure rules
Lawmakers of both parties congratulated themselves on the overwhelming bipartisan passage of a law that bars members of Congress from insider trading. But with key provisions of the STOCK Act due to take effect this summer, another group that falls under...Tags: Laws, Fort Meade (military base), Justice System, Labor Legislation, Barack Obama
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One dead, one hurt in small plane crash in Laytonsville
Authorities in a Maryland suburb of Washington say one person is dead and one person is injured in a small plane crash in Laytonsville. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Scott Graham says the crash occurred about 7:20 p.m. Monday at...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents, Montgomery County (Maryland), Air and Space Accidents
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Rare Vietnam-era helicopter for sale on Craigslist
For sale: painstakingly restored Vietnam War-era Marine helicopter. Records missing, but mounts, gun replicas and rocket pods included. The blades spin, but the 1965 UH-1E Huey gunship is not flyable. To view, visit Cevon McLean's backyard in Lothian....
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Craigslist, Inc., World War II (1939-1945), Military Equipment, Smithsonian Institution
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50 years ago: Harford could be site of new small airport, FAA says
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, June 14, 1962: It was recommended by the Federal Aviation Agency that the Bel Air area would be the future site of a small airport. This would be one of five similar airports in the Baltimore area...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, John F. Kennedy, Harford County, Havre de Grace, Little League Baseball
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Maryland sees a future in drones
In a cavernous production facility at AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Hunt Valley, workers assemble remote-control planes that help U.S. forces identify enemy targets. At the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, researchers...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Israel, Aerospace Manufacturing, Boeing Co., U.S. Army
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