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July 2011—King County International Airport’s Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Unit showed guests a good time at the 14th annual King County Fire Department Day, held June 18 at the Museum of Flight. More |
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July 2011—In a hearing before the Metropolitan King County Council’s Government Accountability and Oversight Committee in June, Wayne Werner was appointed as a new member of the King County International Airport Roundtable. More |
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July 2011—Captain Bryan Howard was off-duty when he came on the scene of a car-tractor accident. The upside-down tractor had trapped 15-year-old Kelyn Wallin in a ditch full of water, diesel fuel, and animal waste from a nearby dairy. More |
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July 2011—The airport has completed its Greenhouse Gas Inventory study. Most of the greenhouse gas emissions under the airport’s control result from our consumption of natural gas. Another 30 percent were caused by the fuels used in our fleet vehicles. More |
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August 2010—King County International Airport welcomed President Barack Obama and Air Force One during the President’s four-hour visit to Seattle Aug. 17. More |
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August 2010—For more than 60 years, the Boeing Air Show—with aircraft lifting off from KBFI—has been a highlight of Seattle’s five-week Seafair festival. This year, low clouds and drizzle failed to dampen the enjoyment. More |
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July 2010—Eight students from Opportunity Skyway Air Academy were aboard an Alaska Airlines jet on its delivery flight to King County International Airport on May 27, along with a teacher and a long-time program volunteer. For many of the students, this was their first time in an aircraft. More |
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May 2010—In a hearing before the Metropolitan King County Council’s Government Accountability and Oversight Committee on May 18, Rich White was appointed as a new member to the King County International Airport Roundtable. More |
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April 2010—On April 6, in a hearing before the Metropolitan King County Council’s Government Accountability and Oversight Committee, Donald Garvett was appointed as a new member to the King County International Airport Roundtable. More |
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April 2010—Teaching someone to fly is a gift, a skill, and not a particularly easy undertaking. On March 17, while working with student Dan Lewis, certified flight instructor Meg Godlewski logged her thousandth hour of dual flight instruction. More |
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Dec. 2009—Gray and rainy weather failed to dampen the spirits of thousands of people who came out to see the historic first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Tuesday, Dec. 15. More |
