Bob CollinsEvery year safe pilots wince at the risk a pilot takes so that a newspaper can get the signature photo of Crashed Ice in Saint Paul. Read more →
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Tag: Aviation
Thirty years ago today, Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashed shortly after taking off from the airport in Reno. Most of the victims of the crash were from Minnesota. They’d flown to Nevada for Super Bowl weekend. Read more →
Which would you rather happen: Win the lottery or be the only person on your Delta Airlines flight? Read more →
If you paid attention in science class, you’ve probably already spotted the flaw in the story.
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Anoka County–Blaine Airport was selected as one of five airports to host a one-day “convention” of aviation enthusiasts. Read more →
The NTSB’s official cause of the crash doesn’t really answer the obvious question.
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Searchers still haven’t found any sign of AirAsia Flight 8501, which disappeared Saturday while on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.
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This is the time of the year when a few long-held beliefs of childhood get exposed (wink wink) and now today comes another: the pilot of your delayed flight really can’t make up time in the air to offset the delay on the ground. Read more →
St. Cloud’s only airline is flying half-full airplanes while cashing subsidy checks. But it’s still losing money and the end — if history is any guide — is near. Read more →
Is our obsession with photographing everything we see making flying less safe? Read more →
Over the years, I’ve found, I’d get a lot more work done if I don’t drop what I was doing at Fleming Field in South St. Paul and run outside to watch Miss Mitchell taxi by and take off. Read more →
Delta Airlines isn’t too afraid to wade into a political issue despite the risk it will alienate many of its customers. Read more →
The National Transportation Safety Board says the cause of a plane crash in Caledonia, Minn., that killed three men will remain a mystery.
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This could have gone very badly for this flight trying to land at O’Hare in windy conditions yesterday. Read more →
Whatever happened to those skydivers whose planes collided over Superior one year ago Sunday? Read more →