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You know what I'm talking about, don't you? Sweaters, jackets and bags overpacked with holiday presents make small economy seats feel even smaller. The disagreements start with the overhead luggage compartment and extend to the space under and between the seats.
Registration will allow you to post comments on ctpost.com and create a ctpost.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. According to the FAA, authorities have identified 41-year-old Munidat Raj Persaud of Waterbury as the owner and pilot of this Piper twin turbo prop airplane that crashed into the water about three miles southeast of Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, N.Y. Saturday afternoon.
Nearly 40 years ago, the Federal Aviation Administration invited Gwen Batie Blue to become a designated pilot examiner, an acknowledgment of her skill as a flier.
A Textron Aviation Cessna Citation Longitude rose off the runway at Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National airport on a blistering hot day in September. The super-midsize jet climbed swiftly under the power of two Honeywell HTF7700L engines to nearly 45,000ft, at which point Textron executives reviewed why they think Longitude is a winner.
The small plane with three aboard that crashed in the waters off the Hamptons late Saturday morning departed from Danbury Airport. One body has been recovered.
Rescue personnel search for a plane that crashed into the waters off Quogue on New York's Long Island on Saturday. Authorities on Long Island say a small private plane carrying three people crashed into the ocean several miles off the Hamptons.
The progress is starting to show along the 27-mile route for the new TEXRail line, which will take passengers from downtown Fort Worth to DFW Airport. Starting last Wednesday, Trinity Metro started its train tests at Terminal B at the airport.
The Commonwealth of Virginia requires motor vehicles to undergo annual safety inspections. An authorized mechanic checks the lights, horn, brakes, tires, steering, suspension, etc., to make sure they're within service limits .
Cupps says he failed that test because he accidentally ate one of his friends' sugar-coated candies during a weekend trip to the nearby casinos. Turns out, those candies were marijuana edibles.
An aviation bill was signed into law Friday that included four amendments geared toward preventing runway accidents following a series of close calls at San Francisco International Airport last year. Sparked by a series of reports by the Bay Area News Group, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier authored four amendments to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.
US president Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that regulates aircraft seat size while providing five years of guaranteed funding to the Federal Aviation Administration. The five-years of funding brings some long-term stability to an agency that has long operated under temporary funding measures.
President Donald Trump will sign a bill on Friday granting the U.S. government new powers to shoot down threatening drones and creating new consumer protections for airline passengers, officials said on Thursday. Trump is set to sign the bill on Friday that will, among other measures, bar airlines from removing seated passengers and require the Federal Aviation Administration to write new rules to allow commercial drones to deliver packages.
An American Eagle flight takes off at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. 5,300 feet of the new runway has been completed, with the final 3,000 feet still under construction and expected to be completed this fall.
This still photo taken from video provided by KTTV-TV/foxla.com shows the wreckage of a small plane that crashed on the border between a nursery and Brackett Field Airport in La Verne, Calif., killing the pilot, the lone occupant, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory said the plane crashed while approaching the airport.
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Regional U.S. air carriers have begun canceling fights and eliminating service to smaller cities due to a shortage in pilots. Regional U.S. air carriers have begun canceling fights and eliminating service to smaller cities due to a shortage in pilots.
The FAA said the pilot deployed the Cirrus' emergency parachute with the plane coming to rest about a mile and a half south of the airport. The pilot of a single-engine plane made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Addison Municipal Airport Sunday morning.
Moline-based WQAD-TV was ahead of the TV field two years ago when its first few photographers started studying for a test they never dreamed they'd be taking. They would have to prove to the Federal Aviation Administration that they knew how to safely fly the station's expensive new drone.
The House voted Wednesday to direct the federal government to set a minimum size for airline seats, bar passengers from being kicked off overbooked planes, and consider whether to restrict animals on planes. Those and other passenger-related provisions were included in a bill to authorize Federal Aviation Administration programs for five years.
A five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration contains measures to mitigate noise for neighborhoods near O'Hare and Midway international airports. A law empowering flyers and residents hit by jet noise passed with strong backing from Democrats and Republicans in the midst of a partisan war over a Supreme Court nomination this week.