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Meet the air traffic controller who flies himself to work
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By HALLIE GOLDEN and THOMAS PEIPERT
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, fires up the motor and starts running. Within seconds, his feet leave the ground.
For the next 20 minutes, Hutzler flies at a leisurely 35 mph ab

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