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Federal Aviation Administration

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Air Force Academy donates jet engine to West High School's aircraft maintenance program

    Bigger pic below.​ West High School has a new addition to its airplane hangar. (How many of you knew West even had an airplane hangar?) Yesterday, the U.S. Air Force Academy donated a jet engine to DPS's Aircraft Maintenance Program, which is offered through the Emily Griffith Technical Colleg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    National Western Stock Show heading to Aurora? Hold your horses!

    ​Back in the wild, wild West, rustlers were shot for stealing your property. Here in the mild, mild West, they hire lawyers and lobbyists and ask you to help build their new corral. Because now it looks like Denver will not only lose the National Western Stock Show to Aurora, but may pay for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Aaron Jason Cope, United Express pilot, found guilty of flying drunk

    ​In March, United Express pilot Aaron Jason Cope was indicted for flying drunk. He's now been convicted of the charge, and court records on view below show how close he came to guiding a second plane while sozzled.

  • News

    May 20, 2010

    Three years after his murder, memories of Ken Gorman -- Colorado's most vocal pot activist -- have gone up in smoke

    ​In March, United Express pilot Aaron Jason Cope was indicted for flying drunk. He's now been convicted of the charge, and court records on view below show how close he came to guiding a second plane while sozzled.

  • News

    March 4, 2010

    DIA Dreams: Aviation director Kim Day plans to take DIA where no airport has gone before

    ​In March, United Express pilot Aaron Jason Cope was indicted for flying drunk. He's now been convicted of the charge, and court records on view below show how close he came to guiding a second plane while sozzled.

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Fort Carson: Those aren't our black helicopters!

    Mystery choppers over the Kirby ranch.​A recent blog item featured several photos of the black helicopters of Yoder, which have been buzzing Shellie Kirby's ranch in the southeast corner of El Paso County for the past three years. Kirby has filed several complaints with Fort Carson, the Nation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Bird strikes: Which critters are getting mashed by Colorado planes?

    A Flickr photoA horned lark that managed to avoid being hit by a plane. The Federal Aviation Administration has opened its database about birds and other animals struck by planes -- a hot topic following the January landing in the Hudson River of a US Airways flight that tangled with a flock of gee ... More >>

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Tape Worms

    The camera doesn't lie -- but every picture tells more than one story.

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Tower Failure

    Community groups and broadcasters widen their battle over proposed tower construction.

  • News

    January 17, 2002

    The Plane Truth

    How did bogus information about a Boulder crash wind up going national?

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Social Studies

    The society columnist for a neighborhood newspaper is the talk of the upper crust.

  • News

    September 20, 2001

    Let Freedom -- and Gunshots -- Ring

    In the wake of last week's terrorist attack, local big-gun lovers were deadly serious about staging their Fun Shoot.

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    The Truth Is Almost Out Here

    A UFO museum may blast off in Denver.

  • Film

    March 2, 2000

    Alien Nation

    Garry Shandling spaces out in What Planet Are You From?

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Off Limits

    Let them drink Guinness...

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Missed Diagnosis

    When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    Reach for the Skyline

    As Denver booms, a local businessman dreams of a downtown mega-scraper.

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Plugging In to D.C.

    How Washington lobbyists--and some politicians--cash in on Colorado's local governments.

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    Probing a Pal

    Congressman Joel Hefley gets dragged into an Ethics Committee investigation.

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Global Warning

    What do you get when greenhouse gases inspire greenhouse guesses? A heated argument--but not much scientific agreement.

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    The Jet Set

    The go-go years of the 1980s resurface in a bid for the old Stapleton Airport.

  • News

    April 3, 1997

    Letters

    The go-go years of the 1980s resurface in a bid for the old Stapleton Airport.

  • News

    April 26, 1995

    PLANE TRUTH

    OPPONENTS OF JEFFCO PASSENGER SERVICE ARE FLYING BLIND.

  • News

    February 22, 1995

    DOWN BY LAW

    THE CITY'S CONTENTIOUS TOP LAWYER COURTS POLITICAL TROUBLE.SECRET AGENT DAN HE'S YOUR CITY ATTORNEY. BUT DAN MUSE SAYS YOU'RE NOT HIS CLIENT.

  • News

    November 9, 1994

    INK-STAINED KVETCHES

    MEDIA COVERAGE OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS CREATING ITS OWN TURBULENCE.

  • News

    October 12, 1994

    OFF LIMITS

    MEDIA COVERAGE OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS CREATING ITS OWN TURBULENCE.

  • News

    September 14, 1994

    CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG?

    NOT WITHOUT "FACILITATORS," WHO ARE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PLENTY OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

  • News

    September 7, 1994

    5...4...3...2...1...HEADS UP

    NOT WITHOUT "FACILITATORS," WHO ARE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PLENTY OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

  • News

    August 24, 1994

    CHOPPERS GET AXED

    MAYOR WEBB POSTPONES PLANS FOR A DOWNTOWN HELICOPTER PAD.

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