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The FAA yesterday issued its final rule for pilots regarding alcohol violations and refusal to be tested… A pilot was killed when his RV-6A collided with an RV-8 while they were landing in formation with two other airplanes at the Illinois Valley Air Show Sunday morning. The four were to perform in an air show […]

It seems the FAA would know that if it’s going to mess around with the airspace near Frederick (Md.) Municipal Airport, AOPA is going to be paying close attention — since its headquarters overlooks the field. Sure enough, a plan by the FAA to install a 122-foot-tall radar tower on a ridge just 100 feet […]

Fighter pilots in the U.S. military are finding that the widespread availability of laser eye surgery is affecting their careers. Midshipmen at the Naval Academy all are offered free eye surgery, and in the last few years as many as one-third of them had it done. The Navy uses a procedure that grinds the cornea […]

Representatives in both houses of Congress are lobbying the FAA and the Department of Defense to remove the FAA’s roadblock to the development of major wind farm projects across the country. The FAA said recently it wouldn’t OK the projects until the DoD completes its study of their impact on radar returns. The study was […]

When an engine on a Boeing 767 suffered uncontained failure and blew apart on the ramp in Los Angeles earlier this month, federal regulators took note. Not just because some engine parts were found more than a half-mile away, but because they had believed the exploding-engine problem had been solved. After several similar failures, including […]

Six months after a Mallard seaplane broke up in flight near Miami, Fla., the fleet of 34 is still grounded. The FAA had planned to have an approved method of inspection for possible wing cracks in place by Feb. 15, but that hasn’t happened, The Associated Press reported over the weekend. “We are waiting to […]

The FAA issued a new National Security Flight Advisory on Monday for flights in the Washington, D.C., Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ). The advisory replaces the previous Notice to Airmen and details procedures for operating within the FRZ. Also covered are operations at the “Maryland 3” airports that lie beneath the airspace. “[The advisory] includes some […]

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