All posts tagged "Federal Aviation Administration"

Trump's "triumphal arch" will need to have red lights on top of it after a review of its design alarmed a federal agency, according to reporting by the New York Times.

The 259-foot-tall arch will be less than a mile from the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., leading the Federal Aviation Administration to recommend red, blinking lights to be added on top, the Times reported.

The FAA identified the arch as an "obstruction," but noted it would have "no significant adverse effect on airspace" in a feasibility study released on Friday, ahead of a formal evaluation, according to the Times....

In the wake of several plane crashes and near-misses, the man now famed for slashing the federal workforce is now trying to make it larger in the most "inane" way possible, according to a piece in The New Republic.

On Thursday, Elon Musk put out the call for retired air traffic controllers to rejoin the labor pool.

"There is a shortage of top notch air traffic controllers," Musk posted to X. "If you have retired, but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so."...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP has been authorized to use unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, to conduct aerial surveys of pipelines and other infrastructure on Alaska's North Slope, the first commercial drone flights over land, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday.

The U.S. aviation agency said Friday it will appeal the dismissal of a $10,000 fine it imposed on a Swiss entrepreneur who flew a drone over a college campus to make a commercial.