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United Airlines pilot gets suspended sentence for drinking on job
12:06 PM on 02/19/2010
LONDON (AP) - Erwin Vermont Washington was removed from a plane at London's Heathrow Airport shortly before it was due to take off for Chicago...
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TheGrio's 100: Jamail Larkins, going to new heights for students
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Six years ago most people had never heard of Jamail Larkins, one of the youngest Americans to fly solo. Not for long...
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TheGrio's 100: Shawna Kimbrell, first black female fighter pilot
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot...
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Dr. Fleming lives with sickle cell disease and no boundaries
1:14 PM on 12/10/2009
VIDEO - Dr. Lester Fleming is learning to be a pilot --something he once thought would never be possible. Fleming was born with sickle cell disease, a red blood cell deficiency...
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Pilot arrested in London, accused of drinking before flying
2:48 PM on 11/12/2009
VIDEO - A United Airlines pilot was removed from an aircraft, suspended by his airline and now faces up to two years in a U.K. prison if convicted on criminal charges...
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Teen pilot sets record
8:50 AM on 07/08/2009
A teenaged pilot flies into the record books. She's the youngest African American female to pilot an airplane transcontinentally. It was a record she set over the weekend. It was a flawless landing for a single engine plane piloted...
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Teenage girl pilots plane cross country
8:00 PM on 06/29/2009
A California teen tries to make history by reaching for the skies. Fifteen-year-old pilot Kimberly Anyadike (on-ya-DEE-kay) left Compton, California for Newport News, Virginia today. Her 10 day trip will end with a return to Compton...
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