Federal Aviation Administration News

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a deadly crash of a small plane in eastern Mississippi late Thursday afternoon.

A Federal Aviation Administration plan to consolidate hundreds of outdated facilities isn't ready two weeks before a deadline set by Congress, potentially delaying a $40 billion program to modernize the nation's World War II-era air traffic-control system.

Four airports in Maine will be getting a slice of about $2-million in federal funding.

For about the cost of a squad car, a deputy sheriff in Mesa County, Colorado , can track criminal suspects, picture an arson scene or search for lost hikers, all with the ease of tossing a toy glider into the air.

An American Eagle regional that reported mechanical problems veered off the runway after it returned to Chicago O'Hare this morning, according to WLS TV of Chicago.

U.S. Senator Mark Pryor announced just under $5.8 million in funds Wednesday for Conway Municipal Airport, now under construction at Lollie Bottoms west of Conway.

Investigators aren't sure what led to the midair plane crash in Fauquier County Monday that left two dead.

Officials say no one was hurt when the wing of a cargo plane taxiing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport clipped the rudder of an American Eagle flight arriving from Missouri.

The US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceShipTwo, a commercial six-passenger spacecraft owned by Virgin Galactic, to begin rocket-powered suborbital test flights, the company said on Wednesday.

The company said Wednesday its spaceship builder partner has been granted an experimental permit from the Federal Aviation Administration - a move that will allow it to proceed with powered flights.

Authorities say four people are dead after a single-engine plane crash near Zion National Park, the second deadly small-plane crash in southern Utah in less than a week.Mike Fergus of the Federal Aviation Administration says the aircraft left North Las Vegas Airport headed for Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park on Tuesday morning.

Canadian officials are taking over the investigation into a deadly Memorial Day mid-air collision because the planes involved were owned by federal aviation and transportation employees, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

May 29, 2012 -- SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Chenega Bay Airport, Chenega Bay, AK, to accommodate aircraft using new Area Navigation Global Positioning System standard instrument approach procedures at Chenega Bay Airport, Chenega Bay, AK.

The Federal Aviation Administration began permitting drone use in America by law enforcement and other interests.

A small airplane flipped after an aborted takeoff at the Vashon Municipal Airport Saturday morning.

The Federal Aviation Administration has recommended using safety seats for small children on flights in recent years, but parents often have a hard time figuring out which ones are best.

Glendale will pay David Gillispie, a former police officer, a settlement after Gillispie claimed he was transferred from a pilot to regular patrol after he alleged ride-alongs violated Federal Aviation Administration regulations.

A New York consortium offered the Empire State's wide-open spaces and network of air bases - active and inactive - as ideal for drone testing program.

The U.S. Navy launches a drone last year from the U.S.S. Comstock. A new federal law has allowed the development of civilian drones in addition to military ones.

A video of a woman apparently being forced to jump from an airplane at the Parachute Center near Lodi has gone viral on the Internet.