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  1. article Texas' American, Tempe-based US Airways name post-merger leadership

    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 2:07 pm

    The new American Airlines will have more top executives from smaller but more successful US Airways than from the current American.

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  • article 'Telephonic bomb threat' forces Southwest plane to land at Phoenix Sky Harbor (w/ video)

    Monday, June 10, 2013 9:24 pm

    A "telephonic bomb threat" forced a Southwest flight headed towards Austin, Texas to make an emergency landing in Phoenix.

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  • article Arizona fire officials: Planes collide north of Valley; 4 dead

    Friday, May 31, 2013 5:57 pm

    Two small planes collided and then crashed in the desert on Friday, killing all four people aboard the two aircraft, officials said.

  • article Embry-Riddle simulator tries to make flying safer

    Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:47 am

    PRESCOTT — A lot of pilots have never learned how to ditch their aircraft in water. Especially in Arizona, the "lesson" on that topic is usually a couple of paragraphs in a textbook and a checklist, and that lack of practical knowledge can be deadly.

  • article Arizona Colleges offer courses in drone design, marketing

    Sunday, May 26, 2013 7:57 am

    Stephen Rayleigh and Matt Lyon thought they were done with careers in drones after they left the Army in 2010 and enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott.

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  • article See Wienermobile at EV Bashas' stores

    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:00 pm

    Give some people an occasional hot dog at a ball game or backyard cookout, and they're not particularly wowed. But for those who truly appreciate a frank pillowed in bread, this is news worth relishing:

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  • article Swords to plowshares: Experts see farming as next big use for drones

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:12 am

    WASHINGTON – Drones numbering in the tens of thousands will be in the skies by 2030, the Federal Aviation Administration predicts. But where some may fear precision weapons or flying spy cameras, Steve Markofski sees flying tractors.

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  • article Arizona poised for boom in drone businesses, drone-related concerns

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:12 am

    After the high-profile shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010, Scott Rollefstad felt he had to do something to help keep other agents safe.

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  • article Mesa's Falcon Field terminal building renovations get under way

    Friday, May 10, 2013 12:36 pm

    The first steps toward improving Falcon Field Airport’s terminal building are underway with design of renovations to the terminal building.

  • article East Valley girls fly toward aviation goals thanks to EVIT program

    Wednesday, May 1, 2013 10:25 am

    A helicopter took off one recent Wednesday morning from Mesa’s Falcon Field for a nearly two-hour flight around Arizona.

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  • article Tempe creates teen diversity program to foster inclusivity

    Monday, April 29, 2013 1:53 pm

    In the Tempe, future inclusive leadership begins early due to a nationally recognized program ran by the city’s Diversity Office.

  • Donica Wolf

    Donica Wolf made her first solo flight earlier this spring on her path to earn her private pilot's license. Wolf, 17, is a student in the aviation program at Mesa's East Valley Institute of Technology and a junior at Queen Creek High School.

  • Emma Allinger

    Emma Allinger made her first solo flight earlier this spring on her path to earn her private pilot's license. Allinger, 18, is a student in the aviation program at Mesa's East Valley Institute of Technology and a senior at Gilbert High School.

  • Emma Allinger

    Emma Allinger, a senior at Gilbert high school and EVIT student, recently took her first flight piloting a helicopter, shown Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

  • Emma Allinger

    Emma Allinger, a senior at Gilbert high school and EVIT student, recently took her first flight piloting a helicopter, shown Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

  • Emma Allinger

    Emma Allinger, a senior at Gilbert high school and EVIT student, recently took her first flight piloting a helicopter, shown Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

  • article Letter: Buying an airline ticket should be less painful than a root canal

    Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:47 am

    Let’s say it’s a Tuesday and you need to be in Idaho next Thursday. Allegiant Air’s website states that only three tickets remain and the Phoenix/Mesa Gateway Airport terminal sells tickets ONLY on Sunday and Monday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

  • article McClellan: Instead of making our kids college ready, let’s make them ready for life

    Saturday, April 13, 2013 9:37 am

    Instead of making our kids college ready, let’s make them ready for life

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  • article Free, automated Sky Harbor Airport Sky Train debuts Monday

    Sunday, April 7, 2013 7:30 am

    As of Monday, April 8, those traveling between Metro light rail and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport can catch a free, air-conditioned ride aboard PHX Sky Train.

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  • article Samoa airline introduces pay-by-weight pricing

    Friday, April 5, 2013 5:00 pm

    PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — A tiny Samoa airline is giving passengers a big reason to lose weight: tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram.

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  • article Senators from both parties to honor John McCain

    Sunday, March 24, 2013 12:15 pm

    In a rare show of bipartisanship, Senate Democrats and Republicans will hold a joint meeting next month to mark the 40th anniversary of Sen. John McCain's release from a North Vietnamese prison.

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  • article US Airways/American Airline CEOs: merger a good thing for AZ

    Friday, March 22, 2013 5:21 pm

    Washington -- The CEOs of American Airlines and US Airways told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee last week that not only would a merger of their airlines not hurt Phoenix, it could bring more international flights to the city.

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  • article Mesa's Falcon Field to host open house Saturday

    Friday, March 22, 2013 6:00 am

    Falcon Field Airport will host its fifth annual Open House 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors can get close to aircraft, unique cars, military vehicles and more. Admission and parking are free.

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  • article McCarthy: 'Olympus' is tense yet generic

    Friday, March 22, 2013 12:45 am

    In a week when North Korea posted a homemade video showing the U.S. Capitol building being destroyed by a missile, what more logical response could Hollywood offer than a macho thriller about a Secret Service agent who takes on North Korean terrorists who attack the White House? The first of two similarly themed action dramas set for this year ("White House Down" arrives in June), "Olympus Has Fallen" will put to the test the question of whether American audiences are ready, 12 years after 9-11, to watch, strictly as disposable popcorn entertainment, a film in which the United States and some of its most prominent landmarks are devastated by foreign terrorists.

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  • article Test model planes with 1/8 Air Force in AJ

    Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:30 pm

    Here’s a unique opportunity for those without remote control toys: Head out to the 1/8 Air Force model airplane club event and fly someone else’s.

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