"EDR" wrote in message
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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"This tragic accident that took the lives of a respected U.S. Senator,
members of his family, staff, and the flight crew, shocked us all... It
sadly and starkly points out the need for more aggressive action to
improve safety in the on-demand charter industry."

Source: NTSB Chairman Ellen G. Engleman, commenting on the final report
issued in the NTSB investigation of the KingAir crash that took the
life of Senator Paul Wellstone and seven others.


You don't suppose the federal governments decisions to close local
flight service stations (and control towers that report weather) over
the past twenty years have had anything to do with it, do you?


No. Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport has never had a control tower or a
FSS. When there was a FSS at nearby Hibbing weather observations were not
taken at EVM, but EVM does have weather reporting now.