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Sunnyslope Mexican Restaurant Makes CNN's List of "Best Eats in U.S. Airports"

For travelers, getting decent eats at the airport has come a long way since candy bars and cheeseburgers were choked down with some duty-free Jack Daniel's. See also: - Two Scottsdale Restaurants Make OpenTable's List of Top 100 Hot Spots - Chou's Kitchen in Chandler Makes Travel Leisure's List ... More >>

Bill Stokely, Flagstaff Resident and Oklahoma Ad-Man, Agrees to Forfeit Chopper and Plead Guilty In Tail-Number Ruse

Bill Stokely of Flagstaff has agreed to forfeit his helicopter and not fly or own aircraft for two years in a deal that'll keep him out of prison for changing his chopper's tail number. Stokely will also give up a claim to his Robinson R44 chopper, which was seized more than a year ago. The agreem ... More >>

Head of Phoenix-Based Stern Produce Co. and Family Killed in Plane Crash

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a single-engine plane crash that claimed the lives of a prominent Arizona family last weekend. According to ABC15 in Phoenix, William Stern, 65, head of Stern Produce Co., the Phoenix-based food supplier, his wife Jennifer, 53, and daughter, Kate ... More >>

The World's First Airborne Mexican Delivery System: The Burrito Bomber

The Tacocopter turned out to be a hoax, a mere pipe dream or publicity stunt. But this, the Burrito Bomber, is an actual working prototype with video evidence of its success. See Also: -The Tacocopter Might Be A Hoax, But Don't Give Up the Dream -Chill Drinks Extra Fast, With SCIENCE. The Burrito ... More >>

An Eccentric Ad Man Loses His Helicopter to the Feds

Arriba Mexican Grill CEO and Three Others Killed in Helicopter Crash

Raymond P. Perry, president and CEO of Arriba Mexican Grill, a local New Mexican-style Mexican food chain with six locations in the Valley, was among four people killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed into the Verde River on a flight from Sedona to the Scottsdale Airport, the Republic repo ... More >>

The Tacocopter Might Be A Hoax But Don't Give Up the Dream

The tacocopter, a GPS guided taco delivery service, is being reported to be a hoax. Sadly, a classic case of too good to be true. While TacoCopter isn't going to become a reality anytime soon -TacoCopters founder Star Simpson told Wired that it was more a thought provoking idea than an actual produ ... More >>

Superstition Plane Crash: Don't Pick Up Bones Near Crash Site, PCSO Says

​The trails on the Superstition Mountains near the site of last week's plane crash are now open for business, even as wreckage from the crash -- including human bone fragments, apparently -- remains on the mountain.The Pinal County Sheriff's Office says one hiker's already found a bone fragment ne ... More >>

Morning Poll: Who Do You Believe in US Airways Dispute With Pilots Union?

​A union representing pilots for Tempe-based US Airways took out a full-page ad in USA Today Friday, alleging the airline tried to intimidate a pilot into flying a malfunctioning airplane.In total, the US Airways Pilots Association claims, six pilots refused to fly the aircraft before the airline ... More >>

US Airways: Pilots Union's Claims "Outlandish"

​Following our post yesterday about US Airways' pilots union's claim that the airline tried to intimidate a pilot into flying a malfunctioning plane, US Airways got back to us and calls the claim "outlandish."On Friday, the US Airways Pilots Association ran a full page ad in USA Today outlining a ... More >>

Valley Residents Really Enjoy Shining Lasers at Airplanes -- Which is a Problem

city-data.comSky Harbor ranks number two in the country for laser strike reports.​Of the many uses for a laser pointer, terrorizing a airplane pilot should not be one of them.Valley residents apparently didn't get the memo. In a jump from last year, Valley pilots now have the second highest repor ... More >>

"JetMan" Yves Rossy Cancels Flight Over Grand Canyon; Cites Lack of Training. We're Calling BS

Yves Rossy: publicity stuntman.​Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy, 51, was scheduled to jump out of a helicopter near Eagle Point and, using his homemade jet-propelled wingsuit, fly west along the rim of the Grand Canyon this morning. He pimped the event for weeks. People headed to the Canyon ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on AeroMexico and Shaving Heads

Hot Links: ASU Downtown, Drag Racing, and Shootings

​Phoenix City Council members have approved a $6 million proposal to expand Arizona State University's downtown campus. The city plans to purchase the old Ramada Inn at 401 N. 1st Street with surplus bond money and spend roughly $1.3 million for renovations. The $6 million ASU expansion plan was a ... More >>

Hot Links: Obama's AZ Visit, the Taylor Fire, and a Dozen Babies

​Six pilots violated air space restrictions during President Obama's visit to Arizona on Sunday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA restricted air space within a 30-mile radius of Sky Harbor, allowing only scheduled airline flights and emergency aircraft. The pilots who viol ... More >>

Pissy US Airways Pilot Plans to Continue Fight Against Flight Attendants

Victor J. PalaganoFlight attendants Paula Walker, Brian Shunick, and Sue Burris He's baaaaaaaaack!Four months after a Superior Court judge unceremoniously tossed a libel suit filed by an unhappy U.S. Airways pilot, we've gotten word that the pilot, Ed Gannon, will be appealing the decision.Can' ... More >>

Hot Links: Phoenix Mercury, Native Remains, and Anna Nicole Smith

In a sports team precedent, WNBA team the Phoenix Mercury accepted a sponsorship deal with identity theft protection company LifeLock. According to reports, the word "LifeLock" will replace "Mercury" and "Phoenix" on the team's jerseys...Another alleged UFO over Valley skies has been explained as so ... More >>

Phoenix the Source of Most Balloon-Caused UFO Reports, Says NASA

NASA can always depend on the Phoenix area for UFO reports. Our clear skies and large population apparently make the Valley number one when it comes to hysterical cries of alien invasion every time a research balloon goes up. Following yesterday's media reports about the earthly origins of a sph ... More >>

Casa Grande Man Indicted for Inspecting Airplane Without Proper Certification; Plane Later Crashed

Image from: www.ercoupe.org/Fly-in Reports/FlyingAnAircoupe.htm A Casa Grande man faked FAA certification when he conducted an inspection of a small airplane that later crash-landed, says a federal indictment. Wesley Glen Forsythe, who worked at a maintenance facility at the Cas ... More >>

The Three US Airways Attendants Have Been Vindicated, So Why Doesn’t the Company Have Their Back?

Hot Links: Shooting in Show Low, Marijuana in Gilbert, Manilow in Malls

The jaguar that was recently captured and collared in southern Arizona was recaptured and euthanized at the Phoenix Zoo on Monday, after veterinarians determined the animal suffered from irreparable kidney failure...Hey brother, can you spare another ten million? Phoenix is sending a "strike force" ... More >>

Pilot's Suit Against Whistleblowing Flight Attendants Tossed by Judge

  Victor J. Palagano III Flight attendants Paula Walker, Brian Shunick, and Sue Burris have been vindicated by the judge's ruling.Score one for safety. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Louis Araneta last week dimissed a U.S. Airways pilot's lawsuit against three fligh ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 5, 2009

Three US Airways Flight Attendants Are Paying the Price for Speaking Up When They Thought Their Plane Was at Risk

Air Traffic Controllers Who Saw UFO Muzzled by FAA

Fly Me to the Moon

Daring to dream

The Mouth That Should've Roared

Because Hugh Hallman went suddenly silent, Tempe wound up losing the Cardinals and the Fiesta Bowl

National Football Cartel

How the Arizona Cardinals and their NFL brethren exert monopoly power to extract billions of dollars from American taxpayers

Valley of the Drolls

New Times presents its first-ever Doofus and Darling Awards

Salting the Project

SRP contributions came weeks before its own site was selected for stadium

Taxing Question

Law allows tourism authority to tap $1 billion for stadium construction

Letters

From the week of October 4-10, 2001

Hidden Agenda

Covered-up Tempe documents surface, proving deception on stadium site

They Hide; We Seek

Tempe hopes the public will see no evil if it sees no records

Quarterback Sneak

To get the stadium they want, Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill and Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano are playing fast and loose with the rules of the game

Flashes 06-01-2000

The Gift That Keeps On Giving Access

An Endowed Chair

Senator John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped make him a presidential contender. Donations from special interests that appear before his Senate Commerce Committee haven't hurt, either

Letters

Would You Like To Fly In My Beautiful Balloon?

Jeffrey Sherman's commercial ballooning company was called "Naturally High." As it turns out, he wasn't.

Hot Air, Cold Facts

Flashes

The Hack and the Quack

The "Phoenix Lights" made Frances Emma Barwood the darling of the global space-alien lobby. And it'stransformed computer geek Jim Dilettoso into a star in the UFO firmament.

Flashes

What's the Mig Deal?

A Valley company finds a thriving market for used Soviet-bloc fighter jets

Deception and Denial at America West

Flashes

LET'S DO LAUNCH

NO,YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST. JUST FLEX YOUR MISSILES.

PACT NEAR ON THIRD RUNWAY

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