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49 min ago | The Jersey Journal

With new plane and new duds, United celebrates 25 years at Newark airport

United Airlines Chairman and CEO Jeff Smisek, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, and Port Authority Chairman David Samson and Deputy Executive Director Director Bill Baroni gathered today to celebrate the airline's 25th anniversary in Newark.

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Related Topix: Newark, NJ, Cory Booker, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, US News

2 hrs ago | Denver Post

United's 787 departs again from Denver as fliers readjust

Susan French is a self-proclaimed "nervous flier" who didn't realize she had booked a ticket on one of Boeing's highly publicized 787s until just before she boarded the plane at Denver International Airport on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Airlines, United Airlines, US News

5 hrs ago | NorthJersey.com

Crash landing at Newark Airport has happy ending

Port Authority Officer Kaneta Cooper, a Hackensack High School graduate, was one of the first responders to an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, US News

8 hrs ago | Common Dreams

How America Became a Third World Country

The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, US News, Liberal Political News

10 hrs ago | MLive.com

Changes at unique aerospace high school protested by Detroit officials

The district dedicates entire schools to specialized instruction on specific career areas including medicine, alternative energy, foreign languages, performing arts and, most uniquely, aerospace.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, US News, Education Etc.

13 hrs ago | KHQA-TV Quincy

QFD ready to rescue plane crash victims

"Just because it doesn't happen around here a lot, it can happen," Quincy Fire Department's Public Education team member Jerry Mast said.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, US News

17 hrs ago | Fox News

The drone revolution is just beginning

An unmanned aerial vehicle is an aircraft system without an on board human pilot.

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Related Topix: US News, Business News

21 hrs ago | ECNmag

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it.

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Related Topix: US News, Privacy, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jason Chaffetz, James Sensenbrenner

Mon May 20, 2013

KUOW-FM Seattle

Return Of The 787, The Ancient Maya And The End Of Life

Boeing 787 Back In The Air Boeing's 787 has returned to the sky after a four-month grounding by the FAA when an United Airlines Dreamliner took off this morning from Houston en route to Chicago's O'Hare airport.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, US News, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science

The Gazette

Sequester transfer jeopardizes Cedar Rapids airport project

Construction of a new taxiway at The Eastern Iowa Airport may be pushed back to the next fiscal year due to a transfer of Federal Aviation Administration funds.

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Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, US News, Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration

CBS 47

Southwest Airlines offers new flight to Washington

The control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport as seen from a Metro train stop March 24, 2011 in Washington, DC.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, US News

USA Today

United to restart 787 flights on Monday

The FAA approved Boeing's plan to fix the 787 Dreamliner's batteries on March 12 with more testing required.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, US News, Travel

USA Today

Ask the Captain: Can an Android device hack a flight computer?

One reader asks if it's possible for an onboard computer to be hacked by a phone.

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Related Topix: Computers, US News, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, PC, Cellphones, Travel

Business Wire

Fifth FAA-Conforming HondaJet Achieves First Flight

"An aircraft's first flight is an important and emotional milestone," said Honda Aircraft Company President and CEO Michimasa Fujino.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Honda HondaJet, Honda Aircraft, US News, Greensboro, NC

KRCR

Return of the Dreamliner: 5 things to know

No longer grounded for safety concerns, Boeing's embattled 787 Dreamliner now has a few things to prove.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, George Bush, US News, Travel

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

2 dead in small plane crash near Auburn

The Cessna 170 crashed in a heavily wooded area about one mile south of the airport around 9:10 p.m. Saturday, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Auburn, CA, US News

Sun May 19, 2013

Rotor.com

DART to Launch Rear Locker Extender for Bell 206 and 407

DART Aerospace announces that the Rear Locker Extendera that increases the baggage compartment capacity by 21" is now FAA and TCCA approved for Bell 206A/B/L/L1/L3/L4 and 407 aircraft.

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Naugatuck Daily News

Pilot floats idea for seaplane base at Toby's Pond

A seaplane flies over downtown Beacon Falls during the Naugatuck River Festival May 4. The town is exploring the idea of establishing a seaplane base at Toby's Pond.

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Related Topix: Beacon Falls, CT, Seymour, CT, US News

The Macon Telegraph

Macon Downtown Airport to get studies, updates

Largely paid for with federal funds, an engineering study will help officials determine whether the markings at the ends of the two runways need to be moved for safety reasons.

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Stars and Stripes

Minn. National Guard launches its $3.9 million drone facility

The Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle commonly known as a drone, roars to life on the video screen like a powerful snowmobile before it's launched into the skies on a catapult.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, US News