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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Aviation

This or That

Death of a Minnesota airport

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 11, 2018, 8:06 AM Jun 11, 2018
14

A lot of local airports get FAA funding — which also makes it harder for communities to close their airports — but Silver Bay didn’t have enough pilots and planes left to earn the money.
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This or That

Here’s what it’s like to fly a P-51 when the engine quits

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2018, 11:58 AM May 18, 2018
6

There’s a fair amount of debate in aviation history circles about whether old airplanes should be flown or merely displayed, and a pretty incredible video released today should rekindle the discussion.

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Pilot’s low-flying thrill ride over Miss. River killed him, wife

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2018, 2:55 PM May 11, 2018
12

Chad J. Rygwall, 47, and his wife, Jill, 48, of Princeton, Minn., died when their Cessna 172 struck power lines and plunged into the river. The National Transportation Safety Board said they likely never saw the lines, which were below the tree line, and the pilot may have been blinded by a setting sun.
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This or That

A pilot who was told women can’t fly saved a planeload of people

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2018, 8:45 AM Apr 18, 2018
48

In a book of women who fly, Tammie Jo Shults recalled her senior year in high school in 1979 when an airman — a retired colonel — gave a lecture on aviation.

She was the only girl to show up and the colonel asked her if she was lost.
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Here’s what Sun Country could’ve done to treat its passengers better

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2018, 8:14 AM Apr 17, 2018
11

The Cranky Flier — Brett Snyder — today gives the airline his Cranky Jackass Award because it abandoned its customers in another country, and is still trying to talk its way out of responsibility for doing so. Read more →

Education

In pursuit of a dream, chickens and eggs came first

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2018, 2:50 PM Apr 16, 2018
5

If a kid wants something bad enough, he’ll do just about anything. Seth Holloway really wanted to fly. So he raised chickens and sold eggs. Read more →

Economy

Sun Country’s rough ride

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2018, 7:13 AM Apr 16, 2018
37

It’s hard not to think that Sun Country’s latest problems are a sign that the once hometown airline is descending into the abyss of no-frills airlines, which is notable only because Sun Country was once known for customer service.
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War

Douglas Ward, area aviation legend, dead at 94

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2018, 11:00 AM Feb 2, 2018
5

When I first passed along the story of Douglas Ward, of Mondovi, Wis., in 2014, I noted that this is the kind of picture I could look at for hours.
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War

Plane that led D-Day invasion to fly over Wisconsin

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2018, 8:41 AM Jan 30, 2018
14

What was left of a Douglas DC-47 was discovered in Wisconsin in 2015. It wasn’t just an old plane, though. It was “That’s All, Brother!”, the plane that led the D-Day invasion.
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Weather

Though closed, MSP airport is open

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 22, 2018, 1:29 PM Jan 22, 2018
20

It’s probably cold comfort to the people aboard all of those planes in blue that the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport is officially ‘open’ during the blizzard-like conditions this afternoon. Read more →

This or That

747 in Twin Cities air tour salute

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2017, 12:52 PM Dec 20, 2017
19

Judging by the track of the final flight of Delta’s passenger 747s into Minneapolis St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon, it must have been a breathtaking moment to witness. Read more →

This or That

Last chance to see Delta’s 747s

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 19, 2017, 3:54 PM Dec 19, 2017
9

The last regularly scheduled Delta 747 passenger flight made its final stop in Detroit this morning and, as will be the case tomorrow when a 747 lands in Minneapolis, fans showed up for the goodbye. Read more →

Health · Regional history

When Northwest Airlines ushered in a new era in treating alcoholics

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2017, 9:25 AM Dec 10, 2017
2

Northwest Airlines has been relegated to the ash heap of history, but it made a bit of a proud return to the nation’s consciousness on Sunday when Norman Lyle Prouse told his story to CBS’ Sunday Morning. Read more →

This or That

A dreamer prepares for his rocket flight

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 22, 2017, 11:20 AM Nov 22, 2017
31

Sure, go ahead and call Mike Hughes all the names he’s probably heard before but we’re here today to celebrate his passion, an antidote to America’s pervasive can’t-do spirit.
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People are jerks · Sports

Broadcaster under fire for saying Halladay got what he deserved

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2017, 9:18 AM Nov 9, 2017
10

Everything that’s wrong with bro-talk radio can pretty much be summed up with a Boston sportscaster’s rant against Roy Halladay on the day after Halladay — about as decent a person as ever existed — crashed his plane into the Gulf of Mexico and died. Read more →

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