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Daley Brags About Meigs Closure

It was a year ago Wednesday that, under cover of darkness, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley bulldozed huge X's in the runway at Meigs Field. The move enraged pilots and made Daley a lightning rod in the battle of security versus the right to fly. Now, Daley says the decision to unilaterally close Meigs was "one of the best" he's made since becoming mayor of Chicago.

88-Year Old Man Commits Suicide By PT-17

It was a pleasure flight -- given to 88-year old Joseph Frost by his son, Robert, as a birthday present. The elder Frost seemed in good spirits as he climbed into Bill Allen's PT-17 (file photo of type, below). They chatted about the recent California forest fires and politics. And then, without warning, Frost took off his helmet and tried to jump out of the open-cockpit aircraft.

Homebuilt Mistakenly Lands At US Airbase In Germany

It probably wasn't until after he'd landed that a 68-year old German retiree learned how close he'd come to being shot out of the sky.

New Interactive Crisis Communications For Airports

When a crisis occurs at a commercial airport, how do officials communicate quickly and efficiently with emergency response teams, reporters, regulators and the public? The Manahan Group (TMG), a Charleston (WV) advertising and public relations firm and its web development partner, www.e-commatrix.com, have come up with a new online communications system -- AirAlert™ -- that it says will revolutionize crisis response at airports in the US, Canada, England and Mexico.

Alaska TFR: Flight Hazards

NOTAM: 4/2703 Issued: 04/01/2004 16:12 Effective: 04/01/2004 17:00 - 04/01/2004 20:00 State: AK Facility: ZAN - ANCHORAGE (ARTCC),AK. Type: HAZARDS Description: THOMPSON PASS NEAR VALDEZ, AK. THOMPSON PASS BLK 02.

NASA's Starship 2040 Exhibit Brings Future Space Travel To Florida

NASA's futuristic Starship 2040 -- a traveling space transportation exhibit that gives visitors a look at human space flight as it might exist 40 years from now -- will help celebrate science at Pensacola's annual Festival on the Green on April 2-3 at the University of West Florida campus.