The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S. The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 created the group under the name "Federal Aviation Agency", and adopted its current name in 1967 when it became a part of the United States Department of Transportation.
Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune
tool goes here The pilot and passenger of a banner-towing plane have survived a crash into San Diego Bay. The FAA says the pilot of the single-engine Cessna reported engine problems and went in the water south ...
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Source: KABC Los Angeles
LODI, Calif. (KABC) -- An elderly woman wanted to do something exciting for her 80th birthday. Jumping out of a plane sounded like a good idea, only it went terribly wrong. When Laverne Everette jumped out of the plane, it appeared everything was O ...
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Source: FOX News
ST. GEORGE, Utah – A small plane that crashed early Saturday at a municipal airport in southern Utah killed all four people on board, authorities said. The downed single-engine Cessna 172 was found at about 6 a.m. some 400 feet from ...
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Source: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
ST. GEORGE, Utah Four killed in plane crash A small plane that crashed early Saturday at a municipal airport in southern Utah killed all four people on board, authorities said. The downed single-engine Cessna 172 was found abou ...
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Source: New York Daily News
The new plan to control bird strikes near Kennedy Airport flies in the face of a multimillion dollar federal effort to restore nearby wetland habitats for migratory birds, critics say. Under the U.S. Department of Agr ...
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Source: Ninemsn
An 81-year-old US woman who nearly slipped to her death after she fell out of her harness during a tandem skydive says she wanted her instructor to push her out of the plane. Video of Laverne Everett's jump in Ocampo, near San Fransico, which app ...
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Source: New York Daily News
WASHINGTON — A plan to launch six drone testing sites in the U.S. has New York and two dozen other states battling to roll out the welcome wagon for robotic eyes in the sky. The Federal Aviation Administration’s call for comment drew a flood of pitches f ...
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Source: The Huffington Post
Laverne Everett may have had 79 previous birthdays, but it's fair to say that this one was probably the worst. To celebrate her 80th last May, the octogenarian chose to go skydiving, something she'd wanted to do for at least ten years. But the jump didn' ...
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Source: Milan News
Pittsfield police and fire, along with three paramedics from Huron Valley Ambulance, responded to the scene of the crash Friday south of Michigan Avenue, according to Huron Valley Ambulance. The Rochefort couple we ...
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