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Tag: FAA

Politics

How the FAA gets communities addicted to airport grants

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2018, 9:14 AM Jun 18, 2018
23

The hardly-used Silver Bay (Minn.) airport is providing a good glimpse into the problem with grant money dangled by the federal government. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Court strikes down FAA drone registration program

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2017, 3:14 PM May 19, 2017
9

John Taylor sued over the requirement that he register his drone for a good reason: The rules don’t work. Read more →

Sports

Registration of drones more ‘show’ than ‘substance’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 2, 2015, 6:49 AM Nov 2, 2015
12

It’s a silly notion, however, that a pilot would be able to read a registration number on a drone; I was too busy to try to read the “N-number” on the little Cessna filling my windshield, and those letters are as high as a drone is wide.
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Want to be a pilot? Be a good liar

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 27, 2015, 7:06 AM Mar 27, 2015
20

The FAA medical certificate system discourages many pilots from seeking help for medical problems. Read more →

Mpls. air controllers pick up slack after Chicago fire

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2014, 7:42 AM Sep 29, 2014
8

Controllers in Farmington, Minn., are picking up the slack from the fire at an air-traffic-control facility outside of Chicago. Read more →

Drone journalism growing faster than the FAA’s ability to stop it

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2014, 9:34 AM Apr 30, 2014
8

While it considers new regulations on quadcopters, the Federal Aviation Administration is taking on a role of the 2014 version of Prohibition’s revenuers. Read more →

FAA wins controller showdown in Wisconsin

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 13, 2013, 3:40 PM Jun 13, 2013
4

When Wisconsin’s biggest event — the air show in Oshkosh — takes place next month, the FAA will be providing air traffic controllers at what becomes the world’s busiest airport, and the organization that sponsors the event is hopping mad about it. The Experimental Aircraft Association announced today it’s agreed to pay $450,000 in expenses Read more →

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