Tag: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport
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Superior aircraft noise, lead contamination suit gets split decision at Colorado Court of Appeals
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The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that courts can’t compel an airport owner to limit noisy training flights but it sent back a related claim about lead pollution for more scrutiny, highlighting limits on local power over aviation. The essence of the Thursday decision in Town of Superior v. Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson…
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Colorado airports receive nearly $20 million in state and local grants, with more to come
The Colorado Department of Transportation approved $13.8 million in funding for a statewide aviation grant program. In total, airports in Colorado will receive just over $18 million in grants when state and local money is fully allocated. In the metro Denver area, Centennial, Colorado Air and Space Port, Erie, Denver International Airport and Rocky Mountain…
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C-47 Skytrain ‘That’s All, Brother,’ which led D-Day invasion, flies through Denver this weekend
The Commemorative Air Force aims to keep the stories of WWII alive through vintage aircraft
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Spirits, memories soar as storied B-29 touches down in Denver
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress, with its four radial engines and 141-foot wingspan, was once one of the most lethal strategic bombers in the U.S. military arsenal. Of the more than 3,900 units produced between 1942 and 1946, only two remain airworthy today. One of them, FIFI, landed at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport on Monday as…
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Stone Canyon fire sees no growth, air assets redeployed to more active fires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Stone Canyon fire remains at 1,553 acres and 30% containment, according to a Friday update from the Boulder Office of Disaster Management. As crews continue to fight the fire, they are keeping an eye on the weather, which may threaten to bring increased wind…
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One dead after fiery Friday plane crash in Arvada
One of the four victims of a small airplane crash Friday in Arvada has died, the Jefferson County Coroner’s office confirmed Monday. Arvada Police initially responded to the crash at 9:30 a.m. and by the time the Arvada Fire Department arrived, the four passengers — two adults and two juveniles — had been transported to the hospital,…
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Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport transitions to unleaded aviation fuel
The Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield is angling to be the first airport in the state to fully eliminate leaded aviation fuel by 2027 — three years ahead of a Federal Aviation Administration deadline. The third busiest airport in the state, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport operates with more than 400 aircraft and 50 businesses.…