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FAA Finally Lifts Boeing 787 Dreamliner Flight Ban
04/25/2013, Boeing CEO said yesterday that he expects deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner to resume in mid-May. Only recently the Federal Aviation Authority had cleared the new battery system Boeing designed and had given the go-ahead to install said system on [...]
Computer Troubles Force American Airlines To Ground All Flights
04/16/2013, Your American Airlines flight is definitely not taking off on time. The airline is facing some major computer troubles which have forced it to ground all flights. AA requested the Federal Aviation Administration to ground all of its aircraft. The airline [...]
FAA Dismisses Claims An Android App’s Ability To Takeover A Plane
04/12/2013, We reported on a story where a hacker claimed to have created an Android application that would be able to completely take over an aircraft. Hugo Teso, who is a security consultant and ex-commercial pilot, says his application would be able [...]
FAA Might Remove Reading Device Restriction For Passengers Later This Year
03/24/2013, As it currently stands, passengers on commercial flights are required to shut down their electronic devices before takeoff and landing. The airlines say that these devices may cause interference with the avionics of the aircraft. There’s no concrete proof of [...]
FCC Asks FAA To Allow The Use Of Electronic Devices During Flights
12/06/2012, Back in August, we wrote to you the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to review its rules regarding the use of electronics devices such as tablets and smartphones during flights. In a move to influence the FAA’s decision for good, FCC [...]
FAA revisiting the rules about electronic devices used during flights
08/29/2012, Bringing electronic devices on airplanes has been somewhat controversial, with some arguing that the electronic devices might interfere with the plane’s controls, while others claim that based on testing, there’s really nothing to be worried about. Regardless, the FAA is [...]
FAA to expand the use of the iPad, could launch app store of its own
04/12/2012, A while back, American Airlines announced their plan to introduce the iPad to its pilots. This would help replace the flight bags that pilots usually bring aboard the plane that contains charts and manuals which are extremely heavy. Well the [...]
The Martin jetpack will be available in 2012 for $100,000
09/08/2011, If you have $100,000 to spare, perhaps you may want to set that aside for 2012 which is when the Martin Jetpack will finally be made available for public purchase. It originally debuted back in 2008 and save for some [...]
iPad to see action in airplane cockpits, target paperless environment
03/07/2011, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has already granted early approval for airplane cockpits to use the iPad inside, as major commercial airline companies including Delta want to use Apple’s famous tablet in order to do away with paper maps. We [...]
Two-foot long laser cannon mysteriously disappears
01/27/2011, Losing stuff is never fun, but one thing you probably wouldn’t want to lose is a two-foot long laser cannon. Reports are in that the cannon – complete with its bright yellow protective case – disappeared from a truck in [...]
FAA-conforming HondaJet completes maiden flight
12/28/2010, Could we be flying to distant locations in a Honda jet in the future? We certainly seem to be moving in that direction as the first FAA-conforming HA-420 HondaJet has successfully completed its maiden flight, signaling the start of flight-testing [...]
