Federal Aviation Administration News

Two men who allegedly stole thousands of feet of copper wire from runway light towers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are in custody facing federal charges, U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan announced Tuesday.

NASA's communications experts have begun flight testing a prototype radio as part of the agency's contributions toward fully integrating civil and commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the National Airspace System .

Animal rights groups, for example, have announced plans to use drones to monitor farms for cruelty to animals.

United Airlines says an oil filter issue has prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

A developer is seeking federal approval for air space for a 650-foot-tall roller coaster on the Las Vegas Strip.

Financial pressures likely contributed to a helicopter pilot's decision to continue flying through deteriorating weather before crashing in north Florida, killing a Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician on their way to retrieve a heart for transplant in 2011, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Federal Aviation Administration investigators were set to visit the scene of an ultralight plane crash that killed a western Pennsylvania pilot.

But Bush-Cheney had no urgent interest, in those early warning systems, nor in those rational security concerns for maintaining continuity on Al Qaeda.

Residents of Johnson County will soon see an increase in small planes flying through the skies over their homes.

At least one incident this year has triggered an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.

OpenAirplane launched Monday at airports in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Jose, Kissimmee and Detroit with the goal of dramatically simplifying aircraft rental.

Aviation Partners Boeing today announced it has formally launched the 737-900ER Split Scimitar Winglet program with an order from United Airlines.

With the economy on the rebound, Americans once again are cracking open their pocketbooks to take family vacations and other leisure trips.

An investigation is underway after three men were injured when the small twin engine plane in which they were flying crashed in a nearby field shortly after taking off from an airport in Victoria.

Fox News reported today that the plane carrying former President George W. Bush made an emergency landing last night prompts liberals to wish Bush were injured or dead.

An air traffic controller monitors aircraft movement from the control tower at Manchester Airport, northern England, February 3, 2011.

The Federal Aviation Administration is working on new regulations that would allow the use of small, commercial drones.

The Ashland County Sheriff's Office says the crash was reported just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that the jet was flying from Philadelphia to Dallas, where Bush lives.

Remember the sequester and all of the headlines it got back in March? Seems like all of the bellyaching was for nothing - and life seems to have gone on Just Fine for most of us.