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Newer planes are better for aviation safety
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (208+ words) Newer planes are safer planes. People who actually know about aviation safety know there are three overarching trends in aviation safety in the last 70 years. Bigger planes have better records than smaller planes. The reasons are complex and often related…...
The community has spoken on the airport and we must move forward
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (363+ words) Aspen Daily News As vice chair of the local Airport Advisory Board and the appointed liaison for the airport's terminal development to the AAB and Pitkin Board of County Commissioners, I write this to voice my feelings following the county…...
Pit Co P&Z finds airport plan not in conformance
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1686+ words) Airport Director Diane Jackson talks noise and flight paths at Tuesday's Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission hearing on the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport redevelopment project." With a unanimous vote following a nearly five-hour meeting on Tuesday, the Pitkin County Planning…...
Skinner: Docked for the time he was up in the sky
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (544+ words) Aspen One, known locally as "Aspen Skiing Co. ," got embezzle" Once considered a strike against state and national candidac" I remember a homemade sign that adorned a now-defunct Colorado auto body shop that read, "We built this, not Obama!" I'm…...
Western Colorado isn't ready to produce sustainable jet fuel, study finds
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (368+ words) A recent study found that Western Slope counties may be a ways off from producing bio-based jet fuel. Pitkin, Mesa, Delta and Eagle counties have been looking into the viability of creating sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, since 2024. Michael Port,…...
Aspen commercial air travel takes a slight summer dip
8+ mon, 6+ hour ago (418+ words) The number of commercial airline passengers flying in and out of the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport during the summer of 2025 decreased slightly compared to the same three months last year. Figures recently released by Bill Tomcich, consultant to the local stakeholder…...