Month: March 2011

An air traffic controller has been suspended and the FAA is investigating a March 27 incident in which the controller in the Central Florida Terminal Radar Approach Control “requested assistance from a passenger aircraft in checking on (an) aircraft that had been out of radio contact for over one hour.” the FAA said in a statement.

The National Infantry Museum, located in Columbus, Ga., will be paying tribute to the men and women killed in the Gulf War during a special event this Memorial Day.

ATLANTA – The state House has taken a stand against celebratory gunfire. State representatives on Monday voted in favor of HR 341, which encourages governments and businesses “to promote an increased public awareness of the dangers of celebratory gunfire and further urges state and local governments and law enforcement agencies to better educate Georgians regarding the serious threat created by firing a weapon into the air during a celebration.” In passing the measure, lawmakers acknowledged