Category: Federal Aviation Administration

Cirrus SR22T G6 Flight Trial

The airplane probably can handle it, but only if you slow down, keep the wings level and accept altitude excursions. While flying from the northeast to south Florida last week it was bumpy at all altitudes and everyone was trying to find a better ride.

Are Rules Meant to be Broken?

The airplane probably can handle it, but only if you slow down, keep the wings level and accept altitude excursions. While flying from the northeast to south Florida last week it was bumpy at all altitudes and everyone was trying to find a better ride.

In brief

Federal officials say more than two dozen aircraft have violated airspace restrictions near President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida. Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration reported 27 violations of the airspace restrictions near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.

9 ways drones are changing real estate

As the spring homebuying season gets underway, drones may be a more common sight above homes about to go on the market. More and more real estate professionals are turning to drone photography and videos to better market their listings.

1 dead, 5 injured after plane hits houses in California

One person was killed and five were injured when a small plane crashed into two homes Monday evening in Riverside shortly after taking off from a nearby airport, leaving fiery wreckage that nearly destroyed one of the homes, officials said. Four people were aboard the plane, and two of the victims were pulled from one of the burning homes, Riverside Fire Department Capt.

Small plane crashes into homes in Riverside CA

One person was killed and five were injured when a small plane crashed into two homes Monday evening in Riverside shortly after taking off from a nearby airport, leaving fiery wreckage that nearly destroyed one of the homes, officials said. Four people were aboard the plane, and two of the victims were pulled from one of the burning homes, Riverside Fire Department Capt.

Spaceport advocates tout jobs; property owners worried

This map, originally prepared by Spaceport Camden consultant Andrew Nelson, shows the trajectory that Camden County proposes to use to launch rockets over the Cumberland Island National Seashore. Kevin Lang and Dick Parker, owners on Little Cumberland Island, added to the map by outlining the island in white and plotting the homes with blue dots.

a Everybody is a pilot here in Wichitaa

In 2015, more than a third of all general aviation aircraft deliveries came from Wichita airplane manufacturers Bombardier Learjet and Textron Aviation’s Cessna and Beechcraft in Sedgwick County. So it’s probably not a big surprise that the county boasts a larger number of active pilots than any of the state’s other 104 counties – and than any counties in Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

US probe of drone collisions with aircraft points to birds

Investigations into reported collisions by drones with civil aircraft found that they were caused instead by birds, wires and posts, or structural failures unrelated to unmanned aircraft systems , a U.S. regulator said. There has been widespread concern about the risks that the flying of drones close to aircraft can pose , and the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that reports of “possible” drone sightings to FAA air traffic facilities continued to increase in fiscal year 2016.

Santa Maria Elks Honor Firefighters at Annual Appreciation Night

A Santa Barbara County fire captain and a Santa Maria city aircraft rescue firefighter were among the six honorees Wednesday night during a special annual dinner hosted for four decades. The Santa Marie Elks hosted the annual Firefighter Appreciation Night, where honorees from several agencies shared the spotlight, something they typically avoid, one chief noted.

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Tucker Carlson reacted this morning after President Donald Trump mentioned the “problems” in Sweden caused by large numbers of refugees from the Middle East. The presidentA s mention of Sweden, during his campaign rally Saturday in Florida, was immediately ridiculed, since there have been no terror attacks in Sweden.

Harrison Ford in near-miss with jet

Actor Harrison Ford had a potentially serious run-in with an airliner at a Southern California airport, NBC-TV reported. Ford, 74, was told to land his single-engine plane on a runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County on Monday, but he mistakenly landed it on a parallel taxiway, passing over an American Airlines jet holding nearby, NBC reported.

Argument: No scheme at GJ airport

Even if the Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority had not erred in its initial grant application to the Federal Aviation Administration in 2011 for a $5 million fence around most of its facility, the federal agency would have approved helping to pay for the project anyway. And because of that, the FAA and the U.S. Department of Justice said they believed there was no conspiracy or fraud going on at the airport, and only reached a settlement agreement with the authority after one error was discovered during a two-year investigation that wasn’t part of the initial complaint.

Report: Harrison Ford has jet run-in at California airport

NBC-TV says Ford had a potentially serious run-in with an airliner at a Southern… . FILE – In this March 5, 2015 file photo, a World War II-era trainer airplane rests on the ground after actor Harrison Ford crash-landed it after reporting engine failure on the Penmar Golf Course in the Venice area o… SANTA ANA, Calif.

NBC: Harrison Ford Lands On Taxiway

I was listening to Unicom at my local airport in Northwest Ohio when I heard the following exchange between two jets on the ramp …… Pilots should be wary when operating close to the boundaries of Class B airspace, the FAA said recently in a Safety Alert for Operators…. In the Flytenow case, the FAA applied old thinking that doesn’t work in a world where technology moves at the speed of heat. VFR into IMC events have a distressingly high fatality rate.

Region endures winter blast, with more on the way

A 60-year-old man died of injuries after he was struck by a snow plow in Bedford, a plow truck was destroyed by a fire in Boxboro, and the region was expected to be covered by more than a foot of snow as the second major storm in less than a week arrived on Sunday. A private jet owned by the Bank of Utah skidded off the end of a runway after an aborted takeoff at Hanscom Field in Bedford about 2:30 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration, but it was not immediately clear if that incident was weather-related.

Lobbyist: Trump supports privatizing air traffic control

President Donald Trump told airline and airport executives Thursday that he supports privatizing America’s air traffic control system, according to a top airline industry lobbyist who was in the meeting. Nick Calio, president and CEO of Airlines for America, the trade association that represents the major airlines, said after the White House meeting that Trump was “extraordinarily positive” when airline executives urged him to spin off air traffic control operations from the Federal Aviation Administration and place them under the control of a private, nonprofit corporation.

Engine Swap In High Arctic

Pilots should be wary when operating close to the boundaries of Class B airspace, the FAA said recently in a Safety Alert for Operators…. Years ago, new GPS approaches were commissioned at Houma, LA and the FAA King Air was flight checking them …Tower: ‘Report… In the Flytenow case, the FAA applied old thinking that doesn’t work in a world where technology moves at the speed of heat. VFR into IMC events have a distressingly high fatality rate.

New drone rules are on San Diego’s radar

Regulations that would allow local agencies to enforce safe operations of drone aircraft in San Diego were given unanimous initial backing today by the City Council’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee. The proposed amendments to the municipal code would allow local police to enforce Federal Aviation Administration rules governing so-called “unmanned aerial vehicles.”

Trump directive stalls FAA safety warnings

President Donald Trump’s executive directive to restrict or postpone new government regulations for 60 days has hampered the ability of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue safety orders about aircraft. The instructions, known as “airworthiness directives,” are issued frequently, and formalize mandated inspections or modifications to correct unsafe conditions on U.S. aircraft.

No answers found in Kansas skydivera s death in Oklahoma

The Federal Aviation Administration has been unable to determine why a Kansas woman became disconnected from her parachute and fell to her death in northern Oklahoma. Twenty-six-year-old Sheralynn Neff of North Newton, Kansas, had jumped with an instructor from 10,000 feet on July 24 and deployed her parachute at about 6,000 feet.

Estate of Virgil Victor Becker Jr v. Avco Corporation Precision…

ESTATE OF VIRGIL VICTOR BECKER, JR., by its Personal Representative, Jennifer L. White, Petitioner, v. AVCO CORPORATION; PRECISION AIRMOTIVE LLC; VOLARE CARBURETORS LLC; MARVEL-SCHEBLER CARBURETORS LLC; TEMPEST PLUS MARKETING GROUP LLC; AERO ACCESSORIES, INC.; SYNERGY SYSTEMS, INC.; CASHMERE MOLDING, INC.; CREST AIRPARK, INC.; PREMIER AIRCRAFT ENGINES, INC; AUBURN FLIGHT SERVICE, INC; and ESTATE OF BRENDA L. HOUSTON, by its Personal Representative PAUL THOMAS CREWS, Defendants, FORWARD TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES, INC., Respondent.

Computer outage grounds Delta flights in U.S.

Delta was hit by a crippling computer outage on Sunday night that caused big delays and the cancellation of at least 150 flights. It’s the second time in less than six months that the U.S. carrier has suffered a major IT problem resulting in travel chaos and angry passengers.

Short Final

Often the hardest part of flying into a big Class B airport is finding your way around on the ground. After landing at Washington Dulles,… Pilots who fly in Southern California’s busy airspace will soon be expected to follow new procedures, so the FAA has planned a… In the Flytenow case, the FAA applied old thinking that doesn’t work in a world where technology moves at the speed of heat.

Red Bull Back To San Diego

Often the hardest part of flying into a big Class B airport is finding your way around on the ground. After landing at Washington Dulles,… Pilots who fly in Southern California’s busy airspace will soon be expected to follow new procedures, so the FAA has planned a… In the Flytenow case, the FAA applied old thinking that doesn’t work in a world where technology moves at the speed of heat.

Oneida County

On Monday, Feb. 6, the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office and the Oneida County Humane Society removed 39 dogs from the It Matters to One Animal Rescue. Tuesday, February 7, 2017 The Oneida County district attorney ordered open government training for all Oneida County supervisors after finding that a county committee violated the open-meetings law, but the county has selected an attorney to draft the training document and give the presentation who has routinely fought cases against records requesters, and was one of the lead attorneys in The Times’ records case against the county’s sheriff’s department, a case the county lost in 2016.