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Flight Instructor

Brock Booher, of Gilbert, a former flight instructor for Jet Tech in Phoenix and trained one of the 9-11 hijackers on ground controls, shown Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Gilbert. Booher is relieved after hearing of bin Laden's death after many years of guilt in training Hani Honjour, who flew Flight 77 into the Pentagon. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]

Flight Instructor

Brock Booher, of Gilbert, a former flight instructor for Jet Tech in Phoenix and trained one of the 9-11 hijackers on ground controls, shown Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Gilbert. Booher is relieved after hearing of bin Laden's death after many years of guilt in training Hani Honjour, who flew Flight 77 into the Pentagon. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]

Flight Instructor

Brock Booher, of Gilbert, a former flight instructor for Jet Tech in Phoenix and trained one of the 9-11 hijackers on ground controls, shown Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Gilbert. Booher is relieved after hearing of bin Laden's death after many years of guilt in training Hani Honjour, who flew Flight 77 into the Pentagon. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]

Flight Instructor

Brock Booher, of Gilbert, a former flight instructor for Jet Tech in Phoenix and trained one of the 9-11 hijackers on ground controls, shown Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Gilbert. Booher is relieved after hearing of bin Laden's death after many years of guilt in training Hani Honjour, who flew Flight 77 into the Pentagon. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]

CANYON FLIGHTS

The National Park Service is proposing preserving quiet at Grand Canyon National Park by limiting tour flights and forcing operators to use quieter aircraft.

Film Review Flight

This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, from left, Bruce Greenwood as Charlie Anderson, Denzel Washington as Whip Whitaker and Don Cheadle as Hugh Lang in a scene from "Flight." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)

Film Review Flight

This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Denzel Washington portraying Whip Whitaker in a scene from "Flight." Washington plays an airline pilot who, despite being hung-over, drunk and coked-up, manages to bring down a rapidly deteriorating plane in a daring emergency landing on what should have been a routine flight between Orlando, Fla., and Atlanta. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Robert Zuckerman)

Film Review Flight

This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Denzel Washington portraying Whip Whitaker in a scene from "Flight." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Robert Zuckerman)

Film Review Flight

This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Bruce Greenwood portraying Charlie Anderson, left, and Denzel Washington portraying Whip Whitaker in a scene from "Flight." Washington plays an airline pilot who, despite being hung-over, drunk and coked-up, manages to bring down a rapidly deteriorating plane in a daring emergency landing on what should have been a routine flight between Orlando, Fla., and Atlanta. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Robert Zuckerman)

Film Review Flight

This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Denzel Washington portraying Whip Whitaker in a scene from "Flight." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)

APTOPIX Immigration Flights Halted

Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. New strategies being implemented by the U.S. government, including the halting of one-way flights back to the interior cities in Mexico, are in place to streamline processing and expedite a return to Mexico.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Flight 255 Crash Memorial

Flowers and pictures are shown at the memorial Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in Romulus, Mich. to mark the 25th anniversary of the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 near Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The MD-80 aircraft crashed in the Detroit suburb of Romulus, killing all 154 people aboard except for a 4-year-old girl. Two people also died on the ground. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Mesa Takes Flight

Mesa Takes Flight

Current Canyon flight restrictions

This map shows estimated noise levels in the Grand Canyon in 10 years if current flight restrictions are left in place.

Alternate Canyon flight restrictions

This map shows estimated noise levels in the Grand Canyon in 10 years under new flight restrictions that the government wants to put in place.

Arizona Aviation Flight Services

SOUTHWEST FLIGHT DIVERTED

Southwest Airlines mechanics work near a Boeing 737 on a tarmac in Yuma, Ariz., on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, after patching a large hole in the jetliner that made an emergency landing in southwestern Arizona last week. The plane has been sitting on the tarmac at a military base in Yuma, Ariz., since Friday when a hole tore open in the top of the plane carrying 118 people, but the company won't say when or if it will be put back in service. (AP Photo/Yuma International Airport, Gen Grosse)

SOUTHWEST FLIGHT DIVERTED

Southwest Airlines mechanics work near a Boeing 737 on a tarmac in Yuma, Ariz., on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, after patching a large hole in the jetliner that made an emergency landing in southwestern Arizona last week. The plane has been sitting on the tarmac at a military base in Yuma, Ariz., since Friday when a hole tore open in the top of the plane carrying 118 people, but the company won't say when or if it will be put back in service. (AP Photo/Yuma International Airport, Gen Grosse)

Southwest Flight Diverted

Workers inspect a tail fin of a Southwest jet Monday, April 4, 2011 at Southwest's maintenance facility at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The peeling away of a 5-foot-long hole recently on a Southwest Jet as the plane traveled at 35,000 feet raised questions about how vulnerable the world’s passenger air fleet is to similar cracks, and federal aviation officials were considering ordering more widespread inspections. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Flight Plan Gambling On Fares

This screen shot shows the Allegiant Air website. If a Las Vegas airline gets its way, travelers might someday be able to gamble on their airfare. In the face of soaring jet fuel costs, Allegiant Air wants passengers to consider a variable-price ticket, where the final fare could rise or fall based on the cost of fuel. (AP Photo/allegiantair.com)

Prepare for your flight

Desert Vista's Mike Arredondo vs. Mesa Mountain View's Kyle Alexander. Arredondo finished fourth after losing 13-1 to Alexander.