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Security screening from a pilot’s perspective

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 4:13 PM Nov 16, 2010

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The pushback against security screen at the nation’s airports seems to be increasing.

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Clues revealed in Bucklin crash

Bob Collins November 4, 2010, 2:10 PM Nov 4, 2010

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A mountain wave may have something to do with the crash that killed a popular Minnesota businessman and three of his children.

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The Quantas mishap: What’s the big deal?

Bob Collins November 4, 2010, 12:33 PM Nov 4, 2010

If planes are designed to fly without an engine, why is Quantas grounding its Airbus 380 fleet?

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NTSB issues report on near miss at MSP

Bob Collins October 27, 2010, 10:52 AM Oct 27, 2010

An NTSB report on the near collision doesn’t tell us much we didn’t already know.

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Search on for missing aviator, family

Bob Collins October 26, 2010, 1:53 PM Oct 26, 2010

A local man and his three sons are missing after their plane went down in a storm yesterday as they were flying back from Jackson Hole.

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The shadow of Air Force One

Bob Collins October 24, 2010, 10:13 AM Oct 24, 2010

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When Air Force One is in the area, everything else stops.

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Grounded

Bob Collins October 22, 2010, 4:40 PM Oct 22, 2010

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The skies will be mostly quiet when President Obama visits the area on Saturday.

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The only thing we have to fear..

Bob Collins October 19, 2010, 12:54 PM Oct 19, 2010

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Two stories in the news today reveal the extent to which we’ve become a fearful society, just as the terrorists intended.

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The limits of passion

Bob Collins October 14, 2010, 1:33 PM Oct 14, 2010

If passion was all it took, a man in Kenya would be able to fly.

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Minnesota from a few hundred feet up

Bob Collins October 11, 2010, 2:13 PM Oct 11, 2010

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Minnesota powered parachute driver Steve Russell has posted another one of his entertaining — and marvelously relaxing — videos from rides over a lush Minnesota.

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The ‘madness’ of increased airline safety

Bob Collins October 4, 2010, 2:31 PM Oct 4, 2010

Are we going to live our lives or duck-and-cover because of the threat of terrorism? You often can’t do both, and a developing controversy over a bit of technology today shows why.

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Southwest vs. Delta

Bob Collins September 27, 2010, 12:02 PM Sep 27, 2010

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When Southwest Airlines announced a couple of years ago that it would start flying to Minneapolis-St. Paul, visions of low airfares danced in our heads, what with Southwest’s low-fare image and all. Has it worked out that way?

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