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Meet the air traffic controller who flies himself to work

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Jake Hutzler, an air traffic controller, commutes to his job at an airport tower by flying his own plane.

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Jake Hutzler spends his workdays directing planes from an airport tower. Once a week, he gets there by strapping a propeller to his back and taking to the skies of Colorado. Before his commute, the 28-year-old air traffic controller lays out a large wing on the road outside his apartment complex,...

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