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Emergency landing after plane apparently strikes deer in suburban Chicago

Authorities in suburban Chicago say an airplane apparently struck a deer while taking off from an airport in Wheeling, forcing an emergency landing. (91 views)... More...

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Posted 1 week ago

Gary Getting Runway, Passenger Rail Track Extension

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Long before South Suburban Peotone's airport gets built, new federal funding may help Gary Indiana's airport to become one of the three most popular Chicago metro area airports. (15 views)... More...

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Chicago Granted FAA Extension On Midway Privatization Deadline

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Chicago has been granted an extra three months before it must update the Federal Aviation Administration on its plans to privatize Midway airport. (21 views)... More...

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Posted 6 weeks ago

Pilots Back to Paper & Pencil, Air Traffic Computer Glitch

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Chicago's Midway & O'Hare International Airport joins the nation's air traffic control systems as a computer glitch forces pilots to submit handwritten flight plans. (63 views)... More...

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Posted 17 weeks ago

Coast Guard: Plane collides with helicopter

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The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said. (6 views)... More...

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Posted 20 weeks ago

Sacramento Coast Guard Plane Involved In SoCal Mid-Air Collision

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FOX40.COM - FIRST TO REPORT: Here's what we know... (8 views)... More...

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Posted 20 weeks ago

End in sight to Chicago-Bensenville O'Hare feud?

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For years, tiny Bensenville has bucked the city of Chicago in its plans to expand O'Hare International Airport. (10 views)... More...

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Posted 20 weeks ago

What's for Sale @ Chicago City Hall? Water Meters or Midway?

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Long-time Chicago City Hall Chicago Sun Times reporter & columnist Fran Spielman asks rhetorically, "what's for sale @ Chicago City Hall?" Are invitations to meter your municipal water use borrowing a page from the James Bond thriller--Quantum of Solace? (174 views)... More...

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Posted 21 weeks ago

Cops: Balloon boy hoax 'rates a 10' on bizarre meter

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Six-year-old Falcon Heene is shown with his father Richard outside the family's home in Fort Collins, Colo., after the boy was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage on Thursday. (AP Photo) (37 views)... More...

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Posted 21 weeks ago

Sheriff: Criminal charges to come in balloon case

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Criminal charges will be filed in the helium balloon incident in Colorado, according to the sheriff investigating the bizarre case. (17 views)... More...

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Posted 21 weeks ago

Latest Windy Citizen stories about Federal Aviation Administration

Emergency landing after plane apparently strikes deer in suburban Chicago

Gary Getting Runway, Passenger Rail Track Extension

Chicago Granted FAA Extension On Midway Privatization Deadline

Pilots Back to Paper & Pencil, Air Traffic Computer Glitch

Coast Guard: Plane collides with helicopter

Sacramento Coast Guard Plane Involved In SoCal Mid-Air Collision

End in sight to Chicago-Bensenville O'Hare feud?

What's for Sale @ Chicago City Hall? Water Meters or Midway?

Cops: Balloon boy hoax 'rates a 10' on bizarre meter

Sheriff: Criminal charges to come in balloon case

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