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Search suspended for 6 after small plane disappears The plane was traveling from Cleveland to Columbus. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2iLf0zw Three adults and three children were on board a plane that went missing on it's way to the Ohio State University airport.
The Washington State Department of Transportation said searchers found the single-engine Cessna and four bodies in a heavily wooded ravine in Jefferson County Friday morning. Crews used radar data and the plane's emergency locator transmitter to find the wreckage.
A patent for what Amazon calls an "aerial fulfillment center" includes drawings of how stuff you buy would be warehoused in the air, then delivered to a home by a drone dropped from the blimp. "This whole idea of having drones come down through air traffic lanes, I can't see how the FAA would ever approve that and certainly the airline industry would oppose that," said Scott Hamilton, an aviation-industry consultant for Leeham Company.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing plane that took off from a small Ohio airport on the shores of Lake Erie. Coast Guard officials tell WEWS-TV that they received a report after the airport's air traffic control lost connection with the plane.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing plane that took off from a small Ohio airport on the shores of Lake Erie. Coast Guard officials tell WEWS-TV that they received a report after the airport's air traffic control lost connection with the plane.
SpaceX released its first public image of the Falcon Heavy rocket that it hopes will ferry a crewed Red Dragon capsule to Mars in 2018. The Wednesday reveal was made on Instagram by the very social-media friendly company.
A flight instructor at a small airport in northern Ohio is planning a seminar next month for people interested in drones as a hobby of for commercial uses. The class at the Fremont Airport on Jan. 14 will focus on helping drone operator pass a test that's required by the Federal Aviation Administration for drones weighing a half-pound or more.
Drones can be popular holiday gifts, but the Federal Aviation Administration wants new users to know the remote-controlled aircraft come with a strict set of rules. FAA guidelines require drone owners to register the unmanned aerial system if the device weighs more than 0.55 pounds.
The Federal Aviation Administration estimates Data Comm will save airlines more than $10 billion over 30 years by reducing delays that result in efficiencies like using less fuel. The change is expected to cut operating costs by about $1 billion for the FAA.
The Federal Aviation Administration recently shared data showing that nearly 23,000 people in the United States are now certified to operate small unmanned aircraft systems -- more commonly known as "drones" -- for non-recreational use. An average of 300 commercial certifications have been issued each weekday since the FAA issued new regulations in August 2016.
Joyer was among a dozen 7-Eleven customers selected for deliveries in a Reno neighborhood last month in a partnership between the convenience store chain and the Nevada-based Flirtey's commercial drone service. The 77 packages Flirtey flew to homes in November was the first full-fledged operation of its kind in a busy, populated area, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.
The days of being forced to turn off your gadgets before takeoff and landing will soon be a thing of the past. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced today that it will allow airlines to permit the use of most portable electronic devices during all portions of flights.
Ontonagon - The Ontonagon County Board Tuesday paid tribute to its longest serving member John Pelkola. Pelkola, who served 23 years on the board, many of those as its chairman, was defeated in the November election by one vote.
This 2012 file photo shows a SeaPort Airlines plane preparing for departure from Athens-Ben Epps Airport. SeaPort left Athens two years ago, and airport officials are now working to attract sustainable commercial air service to Athens.
If you were hopeful that you could check-in on Facebook at 36,000 feet or even polish your sales pitch last-minute after boarding your flight in India, you might have to wait a little longer. Or perhaps, indefinitely.
Neighbor Margaret Wylie says she heard pops before seeing a giant fireball when a hot air balloon caught fire in central Texas, killing at least 16 people. The balloon erupted into a giant fireball near the town of Lockhart, about 35 miles south of Austin.
On Thursday, the U.S. Transportation Department proposed a rule that would require airlines to tell passengers before they buy tickets that they may be “unwillingly exposed” to mobile voice calls while in the air. Actual cellular calls are currently prohibited in the air by the Federal Communications Commission, which originally adopted the ban over concerns that such phone use could affect a plane's operation.
Many years ago while flying into MFR as a newly minted pilot from a non-controlled airport I was nervous to say the... They've moldered on my office shelf, unused, for more than a decade. Heck with nostalgia, I need the space.
Drone Networks Group Founder and CEO Skip Fredricks will speak at the 3rd Annual International Drone Expo on December 9, 2016. The two-day event, billed as the largest gathering of the global commercial drone community, attracts experts, makers, programmers, and operators of all kinds.
This fall's new Federal Aviation Administration regulations have made drone flight easier than ever for both companies and consumers. But what if the drones out on the market aren't exactly what you want? A new system from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is the first to allow users to design, simulate, and build their own custom drone.