Video of Skydiving Couple Having Sex Being "Investigated"
This must be the most stupid investigation of the year after the Capitol Police reaction to The Onion's fake tweets: local police and the FAA are investigating a couple who had sex while skydiving.
View ArticleIt Could Be Years Before Dreamliners Are Back in the Air
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner just can’t catch a break. After all of the planes were grounded following some seriously troubling melting batteries, the US’s Federal Aviation Authority has been taking a...
View ArticleFAA: No, You Can’t Take Down a Plane With an Android App
Remember how the internet got itself all riled up a few days ago when it found out that it would only take one rogue Android user to hack and take over an entire plane? Yeah, about that—it’s not true....
View ArticleOverhauled Boeing 787 Dreamliner Officially Cleared for Take Off by the FAA
Nearly four months after grounding the Dreamliner after its battery exploded into flames on the tarmac in Boston, the FAA has cleared the maligned Boeing 787 for commercial flights. The plane will be...
View ArticleWSJ: The FAA Is Ready to Ease Restrictions on In-Flight Electronics
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Federal Aviation Administration in the US is about to loosen its restrictions on in-flight gadget use — more than a year after it first announced it was...
View ArticleEven a Real Pilot Thinks We Should Use Mobile Phones on Planes
NY Times tech guy David Pogue has a fun little interview about aeroplanes with a pilot that reveals a few things you might have always wondered about flying winged tubes. Turbulence is annoying but it...
View ArticleFAA Advisory Panel Says We Should Be Allowed to Use Electronic Devices
As expected, the FAA advisory committee has recommended that airline passengers should be “allowed to use smartphones, tablets, e-readers and other personal electronic devices during takeoffs and...
View ArticleUS Federal Drone Testing Is Coming to These 6 Scenic Locations
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just announced the six sites across the USA that will host tests to see how drones could fly in the same skies as commercial aircraft. Naturally, geography,...
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