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• Local volunteers join ranks fighting High Park Fire Play Video

  June 12, 2012 7:58 PM

  More than a dozen firefighters from Southern Colorado are heading to Larimer County to join the lines of the High Park Fire. Volunteers and trucks from Colorado Springs, Fountain, Manitou Springs, Canon City and Westcliffe are all working the fire lines as part of a 500 person ground force. ... more »

• Investigators: Hard to find lasers aimed at planes

  February 3, 2011 3:33 PM

  DENVER (AP)-Investigators say they check out every report of a laser aimed at aircraft near Denver International Airport, but it's almost impossible to find the culprits. Denver Police Capt. Brian Gallagher likens it to finding a needle in a haystack. He says investigators almost have to catch someone in... more »

• Laser incidents at Denver airport nearly double

  January 26, 2011 3:37 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The number of people pointing lasers at airplanes at Denver International Airport nearly doubled in the last two years, following a troubling nationwide trend that federal officials say can jeopardize pilots' eyesight and put passengers and planes at risk. Federal Aviation Administration figures released this week... more »

• British World War II pilots reunite at Florida training site

  October 18, 2010 11:15 AM

  World War II was fought an ocean away, but some members of Britain's "Greatest Generation" trained in Southwest Florida. Some of the aviators recently reunited in the very place where they learned the skills that saved their lives at war. For 4,000 British airmen, their journey into World... more »

• Search for missing Colorado balloon pilot intensifies

  September 30, 2010 10:58 AM

  The Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Center has expanded its search for two American balloonists who disappeared in rough weather over the Adriatic. The search for balloon pilots Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer-Davis, of Colorado, extended to 14 miles off the Italian coast as it resumed for a second day... more »

• New rules would have some pilots fly fewer hours

  September 10, 2010 9:52 AM

  Transportation and labor officials said some airline pilots would fly fewer hours and others more hours under a proposal being released Friday to help lessen pilot fatigue. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday in his blog that the proposal will include different requirements based on the time of day,... more »

• All lawsuits over Pueblo jet crash settled

  August 20, 2010 8:23 AM

  Court records say family members who sued over a fatal Colorado crash of a jet owned by Circuit City Stores have reached settlements of their lawsuits. A document filed Thursday in federal court in Denver didn't disclose terms. The crash in February 2005 killed the jet's two pilots and... more »

• United, Continental pilots reach transition agreement

  July 20, 2010 10:28 AM

  United Airlines and Continental Airlines say they've agreed to the main points of a transition agreement with their pilots. Pilots at both airlines are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, but they have different contracts. The two airlines are aiming to combine by the end of this year,... more »

• Spirit Airlines cancels flights through Tuesday

  June 14, 2010 8:38 AM

  Thousands more air travelers find themselves stranded by the pilots' strike at Spirit Airlines, now in its third day. The discount carrier says on its website that all Spirit Airlines' flights have been canceled through Tuesday, June 15. Spirit pilots walked off the job Saturday amid a more than... more »

• Government to honor WASPs

  March 4, 2010 7:28 PM

  Ten women from Colorado will be honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for their service during World War II as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, at a March 10 ceremony at the United States Capitol. Nearly 70 years since their World War II service, they will be honored for... more »

• 3 Americans die in Iraq

  November 9, 2009 11:19 AM

  Authorities say two American pilots have been killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq. Officials say the two died when their helicopter went down Sunday north of Baghdad. The military is also reporting that a Marine has died of noncombat-related injuries in a separate incident. Both incidents are under investigation. more »

• Northwest pilots appeal license revocation

  November 5, 2009 11:51 AM

  The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board. The appeals were filed late Wednesday, said board spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz. He said that appeals typically are heard by an administrative law judge with the board... more »

• FAA revokes licenses of wayward pilots

  October 27, 2009 5:03 PM

  The Federal Aviation Administration has revoked the licenses of two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew the Minneapolis airport on a flight from San Diego. The pilots were out of contact with air traffic controllers for an extended period of time on Oct. 21 and told federal investigators that they... more »

• NTSB: Wayward pilots were working on laptops

  October 26, 2009 3:58 PM

  Two Northwest Airlines pilots reportedly told federal investigators that they were going over scheduling using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement Monday that the pilots said in interviews that... more »

• Northwest pilot should have had warning of airport approach

  October 23, 2009 9:40 AM

  Could they have fallen asleep? That's the question being asked about two Northwest Airlines pilots after they overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles Wednesday night and air traffic controllers were unable to reach them. The pilots should have received numerous warnings as they approached and passed their destination. Besides the repeated... more »