Given comments made on April 25 by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, it seems very likely that the space-tech company will build their new launch site in Texas. “We’re developing a launch pad on the south coast of Texas,” Musk reportedly said at a
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted the Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) or “no fly zone” over Mesquite, NV, the area which includes Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Bunkerville, on the same day the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) halted its cattle
Gangs in the United Kingdom are using drones equipped with heat-sensing technology to locate their rivals marijuana crops to steal them. The hydroponic lamps used to grow the crops allow the drones to locate heat signatures so their owners can
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–A Texas-based group involved in searches for missing persons around the nation filed a lawsuit on Monday asking a federal court to set aside an order that prohibits the nonprofit from employing drones in its work. Texas EquuSearch
(UPI) — The Dye family of New Jersey had their Easter egg hunt interrupted Sunday when a skydiver fell out of the sky in a fatal accident in Washington Township. The diver, 49-year-old Arkady Shenker, jumped out of a plane operated
The story of a California teen who stowed away in the wheel well of of a 767 jet liner and flew all the way to Hawaii has raised the eyebrows of experts who think the whole story is unlikely to
SpaceX, a company that “designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft,” is one step closer towards building a private launch site in Texas’ Cameron County. Local reports state that the federal U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that such a project
Sergei Lupshin, a roboticist based in Zurich, revealed his new “leashed quadcopter drones” at at TED 2014. Lupshin calls them “Fotokites” because they look like a kite and do not require any special piloting skills to operate. They also provide
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The last message from the cockpit of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight was routine. “All right, good night,” was the signoff transmitted to air traffic controllers five days ago. Then the Boeing 777 vanished as
There are a lot of empty seats at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and organizers said if there are empty seats they would allow volunteer workers to fill them. “We have a personal motivation program,” [local organizing committee
(AP) MONROE, La. — Paul Karlowitz has spent more than 40 years flying airplanes or teaching people to fly them, first as a U.S. Air Force pilot and now as a professor of aviation at the University of Louisiana at
According to Fox Connecticut News, the FAA is investigating the use of a drone flying around the scene of a fatal car crash. The official Hartford, CT incident detailed the crash events including officers’ statements that a drone was seen
In response to FAA Stops Beer Drone Delivery: Maybe the FAA is on to something here. When Skynet takes over, do you really want the Hunter-Killer bots luring us out of hiding with six-packs? Because that would totally work. Especially
The Lakemaid micro brewery started delivering beer to ice fishers using drones, at least until the FAA coldly shut their operation down. The FAA is currently reviewing their policies. According to the beer company’s president, Jack Supple, “They think
(AP) Feds announce test sites for drone aircraftBy MICHELLE RINDELSAssociated PressLAS VEGASThe Federal Aviation Administration announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into U.S.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company is looking to the future with plans to use “octocopter” mini-drones to fly small packages to consumers in just 30 minutes. The US retail giant’s ambitious project still requires additional safety testing and
(AP) FAA: Fla. pilot says passenger fell into oceanBy CURT ANDERSONAssociated PressMIAMIRescue crews searched an area southeast of Miami after a pilot reported to the Federal Aviation Administration that a passenger fell out of his small plane into the ocean
Think ‘RoboCop’ with wings. But it isn’t only police departments that will be flying drones through increasingly un-manned vehicle friendly skies as the FAA looks at bringing regulations up to date with current technology. “There’s an industry that wants to
(AP) FAA: UPS cargo jet crashes in Birmingham, Ala.By JAY REEVESAssociated PressBIRMINGHAM, Ala.A UPS cargo plane crashed Wednesday morning in an open field just outside an airport in Birmingham, Ala. There were no homes in the immediate area of the
(AP) By TERRY COLLINS – An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens of others and forcing passengers to jump down the emergency
CBS New York: Suffolk County man Gus Binos is demanding the FAA investigate a clipboard full of military documents which fell from the sky and nearly clipped him while he was standing in his driveway.
The WSJ is reporting that the FAA is close to easing certain restrictions on in-flight use of electronics during take-off (10,000 feet) “A 28-member industry and government panel’s draft report strongly recommended relaxing blanket rules against electronics that have been
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed a bill to end air-traffic controller furloughs that resulted from across-the-board sequester cuts. The furloughs were blamed for flight delays last week. As The Hill noted, Congress was in such a hurry to pass the bill
The House passed legislation on Friday afternoon which ended furloughs for federal air traffic controllers. Hoping to strong arm Republicans into agreeing to further tax increases to prevent air traffic delays, Democrats came up short — and lost the message battle in
(AP) FAA: Air traffic system soon at full operationBy BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Business WriterWASHINGTONThe Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. air traffic system will resume normal operations by Sunday evening after lawmakers rushed a bill through Congress allowing the agency
Washington (CNN) – When Democrats unsuccessfully tried months ago to persuade Republicans to replace forced spending cuts with a mix of tax and spending cuts, they predicted the GOP would come around in the spring when the reductions kicked in
Hi, everybody. Our top priority as a nation must be growing the economy, creating good jobs, and rebuilding opportunity for the middle class. But two months ago, Congress allowed a series of automatic budget cuts to fall across the federal
For the past week, the White House has attempted to hurt the American public by creating unnecessarily negative results stemming from the sequestration deal originally designed by President Obama. The most prominent negative result was the furloughing of air traffic
As I pointed out yesterday, the White House was attempting to use concern about FAA furloughs to push forward a sequester replacement deal. As of this morning that attempt is a failure. Last night a bipartisan group of Senators passed
The US Senate passed quick-fix legislation to end the furloughs of air traffic control staff that have triggered thousands of flight delays across the country in the past week. The bill, which passed by unanimous consent following a public outcry
Late Thursday, Senate Democrats moved legislation to shift federal funds, allowing the FAA to cancel its planned furloughs of air traffic controllers. The proposal, which passed as Senators were leaving town for a week-long recess, would shift $250 million within
Last week three airline trade organizations joined together in legalaction against the FAA. During a press conference announcing the suit,the heads of two of the organizations made clear they believe the FAAhas become a political football in the hands of
FAA Administrator Michael Heurta told the Congressional Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation that he does not have the “flexibility” to transfer funds from an account dedicated to developing and implementing newer technology to an operations account to prevent furloughs. When asked
(AP) FAA furloughs kick in, some flight delays appearBy The Associated PressCommercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts, though some
A California city council on Thursday delayed a vote on a first-of-its-kind ordinance that would ban drones up to 400 feet above all areas that have been zoned as residential. The Rancho Mirage city council will now vote on the ordinance on
Stacy Clark, former air traffic controller at Sacramento Executive Airport, says that the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to shut down a control tower at the airport could lead to casualties. “I don’t want to say I told you so,” he
Drone tests may soon be carried out over a city near you. In response to Breitbart News queries about the limitations on the location of so-called “drone zones” – zones specifically designated to test commercial and military drones under Federal
Despite Americans’ concerns about the domestic use of drones, California local agencies are reportedly moving forward with an application to declare a broad swath of Southern California a “drone zone” – an area to be used to test pilotless aircraft.
(AP) FAA to close 149 air traffic towers under cutsBy JASON KEYSERAssociated PressCHICAGOUnder orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday released a final list of 149 air traffic control towers
The Harlem Shake has reached new heights with a performance on a Frontier airplane, and that has the FAA in a low-grade panic according to Reuters. No, FAA officials aren’t commenting on any aesthetic concerns but rather possible safety issues. In
