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The FAA has published its interpretation of the special rule for model aircraft (PDF) established by Congress and set a public comment period on what the FAA considers to be a model aircraft and thus exempt from future rulemaking action by the FAA. It also confirmed that it has the authority to take enforcement action […]

The federal government’s no-fly list has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal court in Oregon. U.S. District Judge Anna Brown ruled that because there is no way for those who get on the list to challenge that decision it violates the constitutional rights of those on the list. Brown ordered the government to devise ways […]

A female passenger is dead and two others were injured after a gunman opened fire on a Pakistan International Airways landing at Peshawar Airport in the fractious northwest part of the country. The airliner was on a flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and was on short final, about 300 feet off the ground, when it […]

The private pilot who was taking a lesson in a Champion 7KCAB agricultural airplane that crashed last July in Oak Ridge, La., was impaired by his “recent use of marijuana and hydroxychloroquine,” the NTSB said in its probable-cause report, released on Monday. That impairment was cited as a contributing cause to the accident. The probable […]

Pilot Jerry Parker, 63, of Livermore, Calif., wasn’t wearing a parachute when his homebuilt Loehle Mustang caught fire shortly after takeoff on Saturday afternoon, but he apparently jumped from the cockpit at about 1,000 feet, and was killed. The burning airplane hit the ground nearby and was destroyed. Parker had been working on the airplane […]

The Asiana Airlines flight crew mismanaged the descent of a 777 into San Francisco International Airport last July, causing a fiery crash that killed three passengers and seriously injured 49, the NTSB said in its probable-cause hearing on Tuesday. The pilots made several mistakes and delayed the execution of a go-around after they became aware […]

The U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, held every year in Sebring, Fla., will change to a new Wednesday to Saturday format next year, organizers said last week. Previously, the event was scheduled for Thursday to Sunday, but many visitors chose to spend Sunday traveling home, leading to lower attendance for the final day. “Amending our dates […]

Unmanned aircraft systems will no longer be allowed to operate in any of the nation’s 401 national parks, officials said on Friday. National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis said the agency has “serious concerns” about the negative impact of UAS. Incidents cited included noisy drones disturbing visitors and a drone harassing a herd of bighorn […]

The captain of MH370 is now the “chief suspect” in the loss of the aircraft after investigators found some deleted files in his elaborate home flight simulator. According to various reports, Capt. Zaharie Shah flew a route on the sim that ended on a runway on a remote, still unidentified, island in the southern Indian […]

The first aircraft ever designated Air Force One, and the only primary presidential aircraft ever sold off by the Air Force, needs a new home and its owners have produced a video hoping a museum or collector somewhere will buy the historic aircraft. According to Connie Survivors, a website dedicated to keeping track of the […]