PARKIN — Two employees of Farm Credit Mid-South and a local farmer were killed in a small plane crash shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday in the Parkin area. Cross County Sheriff David West said the plane went down about one mile south of Highway 306 and about two miles west of Highway 75. The three
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Today’s agreement, which was finalized in Madrid because Spain holds the current presidency of the European Union, replaces a Memorandum of Understanding reached between the FAA and the European Commission in 2007. That agreement allowed both sides to collaborate on basic strategies in the move toward NextGen and SESAR. This agreement calls for specific, joint research and development on NextGen/SESAR projects.
