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Apr 25, 2023

Helicopters Will Be Required To Fly At Higher Altitudes, On New Routes To Reduce Noise

D.C. area residents have been complaining about helicopter noise for years.

Aug 18, 2016

FAA Employee Charged With Attempting To Have Sex With A 10-Year-Old Girl

Scott Casoni is also charged with assault on a police officer after a scuffle ensued during his arrest.

Dec 29, 2015

FAA Extends D.C.’s ‘No Drone Zone’ To 30 Miles

The Capital Area Soaring Association and all other hobbyist parks within 30-miles of the city are shut down.

Apr 26, 2013

Senate Votes to End Air Traffic Control Furloughs

Members of the U.S. Senate realized they’d rather not face those pesky, sequestration-induced airport delays.

Feb 25, 2013

Sequestration Will Make Airports Even More Hellish, Lawmakers Say

With the federal government headed toward making across-the-board budget cuts beginning Friday, officials are warning that the coming sequestration will make things even more unpleasant at the area’s airports.

Dec 28, 2012

Shuttle Flyovers, New Models, Missing Drones: Our Year in Aviation

For most people, April 17 was memorable if only because that was the deadline for filing their federal income tax returns. But in D.C. we’ll remember April 17, 2012 as the day we saw the Space Shuttle Discovery.

May 30, 2012

Canadians to Investigate Virginia Plane Collision

Canadian aviation officials will take over the investigation of a collision between two small planes that killed two people Sunday in Fauquier County, Va.

May 29, 2012

McDonnell: If Drones Are Good Enough for Afghanistan, They’re Good Enough for Virginia

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is excited by the prospect of unmanned aerial drones being used for domestic law enforcement, he told WTOP today.

May 02, 2012

Actually, Fairfax County Isn’t Planning on Launching Drones

Earlier this week it sounded as though Fairfax Police Chief David Rohrer wanted to start using unmanned aerial drones to conduct traffic patrols in the county. That’s not the case, a police spokeswoman says.

Oct 05, 2005

Morning Roundup: More Taxi Meter Talk Edition

Good morning, Washington. We thought this photo, of the headquarters building of the Federal Aviation Administration, was a good visual metaphor for city’s bureaucratic culture. Today will be cloudy in the morning but becoming partly sunny in the afternoon with highs in the 70s. Meters Could Be Coming to D.C. Cabs: An experimental study of using meters in D.C. taxi cabs we reported on almost a year ago is finally under way, as the first…

 
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