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Pierre’s mayor meeting with airline officials

January 21, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Laurie Gill tells the media that she was invited to meet with Great Lakes Airlines officials at the company headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo., to talk about air service issues. The company provides daily flights from Pierre to Denver and Minneapolis.
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Blue Angels soar in Sioux Falls

July 21, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS Acrobatic pilots including the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels completed a picture-perfect practice day Friday in advance of this weekend’s two-day Sioux Falls Airshow.
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No parts, support for C-130 wildfire system

July 7, 2012 in The Daily Republic

CHEYENNE, Wyo. The demise of the only company that manufactured a device specially designed to spray fire retardant from the back of U.S. military C-130 cargo planes has some experts worried about the future viability of a program that has helped fight wildfires for 40 years. Continue Reading

A summer camp with airplanes

June 20, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS Sixteen-year-old Matt Adamson spent his Wednesday morning with his head in the clouds literally. Continue Reading

No-frills air carrier is filling in gaps

May 7, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Devils Lake, Thief River Falls carrier specializes in serving small marketsA little-known airline with a fleet of tiny planes is making its mark at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, snapping up routes to towns that legacy carriers have abandoned. Continue Reading

JetBlue captain has ‘medical situation’ mid-flight

March 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

A passenger on a JetBlue flight bound for Las Vegas that landed unexpectedly in Texas says a man she thinks was the captain was yelling about a bomb. Heidi Karg told CNN there was a lot of commotion and that she heard him shout the word “bomb.” Continue Reading

Government nonmilitary aircraft operations often lack FAA oversight

November 29, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Unlike commercial airlines, government agencies are mostly left to police the safety of their flight operations themselves, a situation that accident investigators say has contributed to air crashes and deaths. Continue Reading

Plane ditches in ocean off Hawaii, pilot rescued

October 8, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

A small plane ran out of fuel and was ditched in the ocean several miles off Hawaii’s coast, but the pilot was rescued by Coast Guard crews who had flown alongside and coached him on crash landing in the choppy seas. Continue Reading

N.D. airplane hangar listed in National Register

October 7, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

An airplane hangar in North Dakota’s McHenry County has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Continue Reading

Ban proposed on electronic cigarettes on planes

September 14, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

The Obama administration is proposing a ban on the use of electronic cigarettes by airline passengers, saying there is a concern they may be harmful. Continue Reading