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COMPASS POINTS: NEWS FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS WITH HERALD OUTDOOR WRITER BRAD DOKKEN Track snowmobile adventure by satellite
Its been a sad excuse of a winter if youre a snowmobile rider here in Grand Forks, but if the snow wont come to you, you can always travel to the snow. Thats what Park River, N.D., snowmobile enthusi...
Posted on 1/18/13 at 11:43 AM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Rural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio program, Letter to Dave...
Posted on 7/19/12 at 7:16 AM
FARGO SCHOOL TALK State orchestra festival begins today at North
Over 200 of the areas high school orchestra students are gatheringat Fargo North today and Saturday for the annual state orchestra festival. The annual event, which has been around the state for more ...
Posted on 10/28/11 at 11:28 AM
ALL ABOUT FOOD Time To Eat Rainier Cherries
Just on the edge of the vegetable garden my Hungarian grandparents had on their Indiana farm was a cherry tree. The sprawling branches thick with leaves provided a welcome canopy on hot, sunny days --...
Posted on 7/12/11 at 11:43 AM
NASCAR DAD Flight #253 From Amsterdam ?
Help wanted : Network Security Tech needed for our Amsterdam location ! Contact Homeland Security Council ? Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should have been on "The Do Not Fly List" or was he ? ww...
Posted on 12/26/09 at 4:59 PM
Northwest Airlines union sues Delta 
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The union for Northwest Airlines flight attendants has sued Delta Air Lines Inc., saying their new managers are breaking the contract with the union.
By Associated Press , August 26, 2010
Northwest pilots caught by surprise on missed landing
WASHINGTON (AP) - The pilots of the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis described to safety investigators being caught completely by surprise when a flight attendant called them to ask when the plane would be landing.
By Associated Press , December 16, 2009
Northwest pilots blame air traffic controllers
WASHINGTON — The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are blaming air traffic controllers in part for the incident.
By Associated Press , December 07, 2009
FAA boosts procedures for alerting military
WASHINGTON – Federal Aviation Administration officials said Friday that they are strengthening procedures for alerting the military when air traffic controllers lose contact with planes.
By By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Writer , November 14, 2009
Northwest pilots who missed landing appeal revocations
WASHINGTON – The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.
By Associated Press , November 06, 2009
Northwest pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles appeal license revocation
WASHINGTON -- The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.
By Associated Press , November 05, 2009
Licenses of wayward Northwest pilots revoked by FAA
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew past their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles last week.
By Associated Press , October 27, 2009
Could letting pilots take a nap help make flying safer?
MINNEAPOLIS – Charles Lindbergh famously fell asleep while crossing the Atlantic, and despite strict federal rules against it, experienced airline pilots say it’s not uncommon to sneak a nap inside the cockpit.
By Associated Press , October 25, 2009
Pilot denies Northwest crew was napping
MINNEAPOLIS – The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says he and the captain were not sleeping or arguing in the cockpit, but he wouldn’t explain their lapse in response and the detour.
By Associated Press , October 25, 2009
Pilot who overshot airport denies crew was napping
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says there was no fight in the cockpit, neither he nor the captain had fallen asleep and the passengers were never in any danger.
By Associated Press , October 24, 2009
Pilots missed Twin Cities by 150 miles – but how?
WASHINGTON – By radio, data message and cell phone, air traffic controllers and pilots tried for more than an hour to contact the crew of a Northwest Airlines jetliner as it sped 150 miles past its Minneapolis destination and military jets readied to chase it. The pilots were finally alerted to their stunning gaffe when a flight attendant called on an intercom from the cabin.
By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Writer , October 24, 2009
Wayward plane's cockpit recorder may be no help
WASHINGTON (AP) — Safety investigators say the Northwest Airlines plane whose two pilots overflew their destination by 150 miles had an older model cockpit voice recorder that records only 30 minutes at a time.
By Associated Press , October 23, 2009
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