a Doca wins Pentagon approval to use McConnell Air Force Base runway

The Department of Defense has given permission for "Doc," the Wichita-built B-29 bomber, to use a runway at McConnell Air Force Base for ground testing, essentially clearing a path for its first flight. The nonprofit group, Doc's Friends, has been restoring the vintage bomber since it came to Wichita in pieces in 2000.

North Carolina officials offer to help drone operators

The N.C. Department of Transportation's Division of Aviation wants to help drone owners understand new rules issued by the Federal Aviation Administration and how they impact drone operations in the state. Operators who received the required exemption or authorization from the FAA can continue to fly their small drones without further action.

A man flies a small drone presented by Japan’s toy

FAA completes landmark rules for commercial drones The Federal Aviation Administration finalized its rules Tuesday governing small commercial drones, in a landmark for remote-controlled aircraft. Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: http://usat.ly/28KZbWO A man flies a small drone presented by Japan's toy company Nikko Kyosho EGG at the International Tokyo Toy Show on June 9, 2016.

Santa Monica Plans Park On Airport Ramp

We were inbound to Auckland after a long 12-hour Pacific sector through the night. It was around 5:00am, and there were four other... Until now there has been little in the way of educational material for pilots when it comes to protecting themselves in a world where the... After five years of work in collaboration with aviation industry experts, the FAA has published its new Airman Certification Standards... Even the likes of Cessna and Boeing have encountered daunting production delays.

Tensions between LA, San Bernardino counties could ruin train plans to Ontario Airport

Documents cited by attorneys representing Ontario detail several instances in which Los Angeles World Airports appeared to direct key personnel to focus efforts on Los Angeles International Airport rather than ONT. With luggage in tow, a traveler checks in at the ticket counter LA/Ontario International Airport in Ontario.

FAA: No psychological testing needed of airline pilots

The Federal Aviation Administration has ruled out requiring psychological testing for airline pilots in favor of enhanced mental health support programs in response to a crash last year in which a German pilot deliberately flew an airliner full of passengers into a mountainside, agency administrator Michael Huerta said Thursday. Psychological tests are ineffective because they reveal a pilot's mental health for only a moment in time without providing insight into whether the pilot will suffer problems later, Huerta told reporters at a news conference.

NTSB: 3rd landing attempt waved off by pilot in Texas crash

The pilot of a plane that crashed near a Houston airport halted a third attempt to land just before it plummeted to the ground, killing all three inside, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. It's unclear whether the pilot made a distress call just before the crash that happened shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday near Hobby Airport , NTSB investigator Tom Latson said, and that initial information indicates the female pilot didn't make any other calls to air traffic controllers after she waved off the third landing attempt.

Military Tests Hampering GPS on the West Coast This Month

If you live on the West Coast of the United States and you think you can't live without your global positioning system technology, you're probably already finding out whether you really can or not. The Federal Aviation Administration released an advisory for expected GPS interference for six days this month, thanks to unspecified testing to be done by the U.S. military.

Low-flying jet to conduct test over D.C. area

A blue-and-white small jet will fly at unusually low altitudes over the Washington, D.C., area early June 11 as part of a test of flight procedures, according to the Federal Aviation Administration . The flights will occur from about 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and involve "several low-level aircraft approaches below 1,000 feet" near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Pentagon and parts of Maryland, Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia, the FAA said in a news release.