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Colorado Springs-based figure skaters befriended airline crash victims at Wichita camp
gazette.com, Local

Colorado Springs-based figure skaters befriended airline crash victims at Wichita camp

By Brent Briggeman | The Gazette Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is small. The U.S. Figure Skating community, at its top levels, is even smaller. So when a national development camp for up-and-coming skaters wrapped up on Wednesday, the competitors and coaches arrived at the airport around the same time and used the extra time to chat and say goodbyes from nearby spots in the 10-gate airport. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
Air traffic control and the DEI debate in wake of mid-air Reagan Airport collision
National, National Review

Air traffic control and the DEI debate in wake of mid-air Reagan Airport collision

By Dan McLaughlin | National Review As Charlie notes, even after last night's air disaster culminated a series of near-misses over the past four years, American air travel remains astonishingly safe, and the likelihood is that a full investigation will find that last night's crash of an Army Blackhawk helicopter into a commercial airliner was (1) a total freak accident, (2) the result of a mechanical problem with the helicopter, and/or (3) human error by the helicopter pilot, perhaps compounded by poor air-traffic control. Efforts to blame this on Donald Trump, whose transportation secretary Sean Duffy only took office yesterday morning, say more about the people ... READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NATIONAL REVIEW