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Exploring the use of robotics and automation to enhance airport ground handling

Aerotime

Tay said that in times of severe weather, baggage handling is stopped for the safety of airport workers. We’ve been exploring a lot of smart technology options that enable us to continue to run and be operationally efficient without affecting passenger experience due to the weather,” she explained.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Junkers J.I

Vintage Aviation News

This applied not only to survival against small arms fire, but also to the Junkers’ ability to be placed out in the weather rather than have to be more out of hangars in the event of a rapid deployment. Today in Aviation History is a series highlighting the achievements, innovations, and milestones that have shaped the skies.

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Today in Aviation History: Birth of Charles Lindbergh

Vintage Aviation News

Louis to Curtiss Field on Lond Island, New York, where Commander Byrd, Chamberlin, and Lindbergh waited for a break in the weather over the Atlantic – the first to make it would win the Orteig Prize. Louis, from bystanders as it heads toward a hangar. Paris, 1927. Louis and held aloft by a crowd in exuberant pandemonium.

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