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As a storm predicted to deliver freezing rain and ice neared Dallas last November, airlines began canceling hundreds of flights. Not Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) Armed with a new generation of sensors measuring moisture in the air on 87 of … Continue reading →

Pilot Rod Tarter and Evan Ryan in the Starduster Too, made in 1972. Ryan died Sept. 3, 2007, when the plane crashed, and Tarter died weeks after. The cause of the crash is still unresolved.(Photo: Provided) WALTON – Nearly seven … Continue reading →

A tragedy in Iowa Blame shifts from pilots to hidden defects, dangerous designs The first flight of 8-year-old Caryn Stewart’s life was supposed to be a quick sightseeing tour over eastern Iowa in her uncle’s four-seat Piper Cherokee. Nervous and … Continue reading →

Caryn Stewart suffered severe burns in a 2005 plane crash. Here she is at the Miracle Burn Camp held at Camp Foster in Okoboji, Iowa, in July 2006.(Photo: USA Today) The first flight of 8-year-old Caryn Stewart’s life was supposed … Continue reading →

787 milestone Boeing Co. said Monday that the 787-8 Dreamliner has now flown 20 million passengers after 100,000 revenue flights. To mark the occasion, the company is asking passengers who have flown on or will soon fly on the jet … Continue reading →

University of Iowa professor Don Gurnett reflects on N.A.S.A.’s Voyager 1 space mission during the UI’s Hawkeye Lunch and Learn series at the Iowa Memorial Union on Monday, June 16, 2014. David Scrivner / Iowa City Press-Citizen(Photo: David Scrivner / … Continue reading →

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (June 16, 2014) — The Utility Helicopters Project Office handed over the logbook and keys for three UH-60A Black Hawk aircraft to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation during an aircraft exchange/sale, Wedneday. The aircraft exchange/sale, also known as the … Continue reading →