The Craig Fahle Show
Discussing the issues and ideas important to metropolitan Detroit, host Craig Fahle talks with the newsmakers, people making a difference in our community, and WDET listeners. |
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Craig sits down with Shawn Musgrave, the Projects Editor at the watchdog journalism organization Muckrock. The organization aims to make the power of public records and the Freedom of Information Act accessible to all. Musgrave and Craig discuss issues relating to privacy and technology, including MuckRock's Drone Census project in partnership with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is mapping the use of drones throughout the United States.
Craig speaks with Jason Watt; Airport Director and John Rimanelli; Detroit Aircraft Corp Chairmen about the Executive Hangar event for the Detroit Design Festival Closing Party, showcase of regional fashion designers, fundraiser for World Heritage Air Museum and a chance to educate the public about the application for one of six NextGen test bed licenses the FAA is giving that could monumentally impact the potential to engage billions in funding the federal government has allocated toward aerospace technology upgrades.
The Inspector General of the U.S. Homeland Security department is investigating complaints from airport security officials that they are being pressured by supervisors into racially-profiling passengers.
Thousands come out to see a festival and competition in one this weekend.
Working out of a hanger and abandoned terminal at Detroit City Airport, Jon Rimanelli says the Obama Administration and NASA are helping to propel his endeavor to make Detroit a major player in engineering Next Generation aviation communication systems and sky travel, utilizing unmanned aircraft for freight, surveillance and personal passenger travel.
WDET's J. Carlisle Larsen speaks about the history of Chicago's city owned Meigs Field Airport.
With Detroit city officials looking to eliminate City Airport's budget, WDET checks in with the people in the neighborhood to find out what they hope the fate of the site will be.
Tony Molinaro handles public affairs for the Federal Aviation Administration. He tells WDET’s Travis Wright that $9.7 million in federal grants to Coleman A. Young International come with assurances that, in effect, protect the site from becoming anything but an airport.
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