aviation

Boeing, restore trust in 737 Max
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 04, 2021
Building an airliner is a long, complex and expensive undertaking with a simple purpose: safely transporting people from one place to another. When th...
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Remembering Chuck Yeager
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 10, 2020
Chuck Yeager died this week, at 97. It’s amazing that a great movie has never been made of his life. His was a life that, if anything, was larger than...
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Is a fear of flying grounded?
Editorials
Marcie 
Nov 05, 2020
With many Americans still terrified of the novel coronavirus, it’s small wonder that the aviation industry is dealing with financial turbulence. Indus...
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Airport authority hears updates on projects
Local News
FRAN DE LANCEY delancey401@yahoo.com 
Jul 10, 2020
MOUNT ALTON — At Wednesday’s meeting of the Bradford Regional Airport Authority, the members were updated on several ongoing projects. Brian Wolfel of...
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Two area airports awarded grants
Bradford, Local News, News
Jul 01, 2020
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced Tuesday that the Trump Administration will award nearly $800 million in airport...
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Wednesday flyover leaves questions in its wake
Local News, Online Features
JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
Feb 21, 2020
For those who heard and/or saw the trio of planes that flew low over Bradford Wednesday, Harold Whitney of Bradford called to let us know the planes w...
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Vintage plane, recently in area, crashes in Connecticut
Local News, Online Features
JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
Oct 03, 2019
A tragic plane crash involving a vintage plane Wednesday taking off from Bradley International Airport in Wind Locks, Conn., resulted in fatalities. T...
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RTS for August 26
Bradford, News, Round the Square
Aug 26, 2019
War Reads: The Wings of Freedom tour visited Jamestown, N.Y. earlier this month. At each stop, the Collings Foundation sells a work that allows the re...
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Lightning strike Thursday lands at airport
Local News, Online Features
JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
Aug 09, 2019
Mother Nature’s fury found a surprising target during Thursday’s thunderstorm — the tarmac at the Bradford Regional Airport. While this is not a regul...
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Remembering second Allegheny Airlines crash 50 years ago
Local News, News, Online Features
KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Jan 05, 2019
For a solid 10 years after Kristen King was seriously injured in an Allegheny Airlines plane crash destined for Bradford Regional Airport, she refused...
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‘Round the Square –– 9/8/18
News, Round the Square, RTS (Round the Square)
Sep 08, 2018
PLATINUM : The 70th anniversary is traditionally platinum, but in this case, we’re calling it an “air” anniversary. That’s because Sept. 8, 1948 was t...
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Payne: Vintage biplane offers unforgettable experiences
Local News, News
CALEB HUNTOON Era Reporter eracalebh@gmail.com 
Jun 18, 2018
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super... nevermind, it actually is a plane. Amidst the vast acreage of foliage in McKean County lies what some conside...
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Names of helicopter crash victims released
Local News, News, Online Features
Apr 09, 2018
McKean County Coroner Mike Cahill released the names of the men killed in a helicopter crash Sunday afternoon in a remote area of Keating Township, no...
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‘Round the Square for Nov. 21
Local News, News, Round the Square
Nov 21, 2017
PLANES: Doris Galentine of Port Allegany may have an interesting connection to a veteran we featured in our column the Monday after Veterans Day. She ...
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