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Tagged: Aviation

Airport Control Towers
4:29 pm
Mon April 8, 2013

Some Northwest Cities Explore Ways To Keep Airport Control Towers Open

Credit Beth Redfield
Control towers at 13 small to medium sized airports across the Northwest are slated for closure by mid-June.
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Some Northwest cities and counties are exploring whether to use local or private money to keep their airport control towers open. By mid-June, the federal government plans to close the control towers at 13 small to medium sized airports across the region.

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Airline Control Towers
4:41 pm
Fri March 1, 2013

Regional Airlines Intend To Keep Flying If Control Towers Close

Credit Beth Redfield
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Originally published on Fri March 1, 2013 5:10 pm


According to an airport industry association, control towers at 14 small to medium sized airports around the Northwest will close on April 1 in response to automatic federal budget cuts: Four in Idaho and five each in Oregon and Washington. But regional airlines intend to keep flying to those cities they now serve.

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JBLM Helicopter Crash
5:08 pm
Thu May 3, 2012

Grieving Mother Calls JBLM Midair Helicopter Crash “Preventable”

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Credit Photo Courtesy: Silvia Buoniconti / Northwest News Network
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Frank Buoniconti Deployed To Iraq and Afghanistan And Was The Recipient Of The Distinguished Flying Cross.
Credit Photo Courtesy: Silvia Buoniconti / Northwest News Network
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Frank Buoniconti Was Always Smiling Says His Mother.
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“Heartbreaking” and “Preventable.” That’s how the mother of an Army helicopter pilot describes the midair crash that killed her son and three others last December. It happened during a nighttime training exercise at Washington’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord. A report released this week finds that commanders knew about radar and radio limitations in the training area where the crash happened. But apparently those communication gaps went unresolved – despite other near misses.

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