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FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said Wednesday that fieldwork in the investigation of Richard and Mayumi Heene has been completed...Authorities say the Heenes falsely reported that their 6-year-old son had flown away on Oct. 15 to drum up attention for a...
Tags: FAA, Denver, Balloon, Ballooning, Federal Aviation Administration, Law Crime, Entertainment Culture, Balloons
Believe it or not, the above three things pertain to Ottumwa Regional Airport and the struggles of city government, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Iowa Department of Transportation to correct airport problems.
The FAA is wrapping up its investigation into the parents of Fort Collins' Balloon Boy Falcon Heene and may release the results in the next two weeks, an spokesman said. Investigators have completed their fieldwork and are putting the finishing touches...
Tags: FAA, Mayumi Heene, Allen Kenitzer, Fort Collins, Unidentified flying object, Heene, Federal Aviation Administration, Balloon, Ufology, Mysteries, Forteana, Human Interest, Law Crime
A runway renovation project for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport is going back to the drawing board. The Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority rejected a design contract for runway connectors because they felt SRQ was being overcharged for the $200,000...
Tags: shovel ready, FAA, Rick Piccolo, savings money, Carlos Beruff, Sarasota, Bradenton Florida, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, Sarasota Florida, Airport
Federal aviation regulators on Monday proposed requiring enhanced ice-protection systems on hundreds of small turboprop aircraft, a step long advocated by government crash investigators and other safety experts. Capping government-industry debates and...
Tags: FAA, Washington, Deicing, Ice protection system, American Eagle Flight, Deicing boot, Air safety, Icing conditions, Atmospheric icing, Disaster Accident
Spotts | Staff Writer for The Christian Science Monitor/ November 23, 2009 edition The holidays are coming. You’ve decided to buck the economy and head over the river and through the clouds to Grandmother’s house. Airline boarding pass in hand, you...
Tags: FAA, flight crews, air traffic, GPS, airline safety, visualization tools, Overland Park, Air safety, Airport, Aviation, Runway, Air Traffic Organization, Air traffic control, Next Generation Air Transportation System, Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast
A test to certify the model of helicopter involved in a fatal crash off Newfoundland showed it would remain airborne for "around 10 minutes" - about one third of the time required - if oil leaked from its gearbox, aviation regulators say. Weeks after...
Tags: FAA, Sikorsky S-92A, oil leak, bypass valve, Paul Jackson, main gearbox, gearbox housing, european regulation, extremely remote, Canada, Halifax, Oil filter, Cougar Helicopters Flight 91, Helicopters, Sikorsky S-92, Valve, Disaster Accident
Twenty-nine deaths in 2008 – compared with seven killed in 2007 – spurred calls for regulators to impose new rules for helicopter operators. But some feel that's not been enough; Congress is now poised to pass a series of new rules governing the nation's...
Tags: medical helicopter, FAA, helicopter operators, emergency medical, helicopter industry, NTSB, bad weather, recent crashes, flights data, Christopher Eastlee, Charleston, Air ambulance, Copterline Flight 103, Hudson River mid-air collision, Helicopters, Air safety, Aviation accidents and incidents, Disaster Accident
The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights. The agency told employees in a briefing memo Friday that air travelers experienced a total of 2,121 delays the previous day due to the equipment outage...
Tags: equipment outage, FAA, flights delays, Newark, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Federal Aviation Administration, Business Finance, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Aviation in New York City, John F. Kennedy
Indianapolis International Airport officials reported this morning that all flights here have departed on time for the most part...Combined with rain in the Great Lakes area (Buffalo, N.Y., Detroit, Chicago), rain approaching the Myrtle Beach area, and...
Tags: FAA, Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis Airport Authority, Plainfield, Open Travel Alliance, Airport, American Airlines