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Officials: LaHood pledged to keep small towers open

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:29:07 +0000

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is said to be assuring lawmakers that 149 small airport towers will remain open.

Cheyenne Airport Control Tower To Stay Open

Cheyenne News Staff — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:21:19 +0000

The Cheyenne Regional Airport's Air Traffic Control tower will remain open after all. The decision by the federal Aviation Administration(FAA) finalized a list of 149 contract towers across the country that will be closed beginning on April 7th

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Georgia Jet Crash Kills Five, Injures Two

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:18:55 +0000

THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities plan to investigate after a small jet crashed off the end of a runway after landing in eastern Georgia, killing five people aboard and injuring two.

Thomson-McDuffie County Sheriff Logan Marshall says the jet crashed after 8 p

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Man Killed in Plane Crash at Laramie Regional Airport

Kari Eakins — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:53:01 +0000

One man is dead following the crash of a charter plane on Friday afternoon at Laramie Regional Airport according to airport manager Jack Skinner. No details have been released about the man, although Skinner did confirm that he was not from Laramie.

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Senate Okays New Air Traffic Control System

Associated Press — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:12:51 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a compromise bill that speeds up the Federal Aviation Administration's switch from old-fashioned radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology

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Plane Crash Claims Life North of Casper

Associated Press — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:02:22 +0000

CASPER, Wyo. --- At least one person is dead in a plane crash north of Casper.

Officials say they don't know yet how many people were on board the twin-engine plane, which took off from Rawlins and went down around 1:50 p

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Man Wrecks Plane Day After Buying It [PHOTO, AUDIO]

Daniel Sandoval — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:56:06 +0000

An Oklahoma man who had just purchased a plane had a forced landing near Rock Springs Friday.

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Local Carriers Not Part Of Safety Checks

Karen Snyder — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:58:23 +0000

Airplane safety is in the headlines again as some carriers using Boeing 737's check the integrity of their aircraft's aluminum body.

Here in Casper, airport manager, Glen Januska, says the regular carriers in and out of Natrona County International Airport used other types of aircraft and so the safety checks called for by the FAA should not effect local air traffic

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