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Key Takeaways:

  • A San Diego filmmaker is producing a documentary about the 1978 midair plane crash that resulted in 144 fatalities.
  • The Moffett Field dirigible hangar near San Francisco has been designated an endangered historic site.
  • Operational deviations at Indianapolis Center are increasing, with air traffic controllers attributing this to fatigue and forced overtime.
  • Director and general aviation pilot Sidney Pollack passed away at 73 from pancreatic cancer.
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A San Diego filmmaker is working on a documentary about the 1978 midair crash of a 727 and a Cessna 172 that killed 144 people…

The Moffett Field dirigible hangar near San Francisco is named an endangered historic site

Operational deviations at Indianapolis Center are up, and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association blames fatigue and forced overtime…

Enthusiastic GA pilot Sidney Pollack died Monday of pancreatic cancer. He’s also known as the director of such movies as Out of Africa, The Interpreter and Tootsie. He was 73.

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