FAA

American Airlines Pilot on Why He Won’t Be Stowing His iPad During Takeoff

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 14, 2011 at 3:46 pm PT

The head of the airline’s effort to replace inflight manuals with iPads talks with AllThingsD about the effort. And, no, he’s not really sure why the rest of us can’t use our iPads until after we hit 10,000 feet.

Could Using Your Gadgets in Mid-Air Really Bring Down the Plane?

Ina Fried in News on June 10, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Believe it or not, that’s what an industry study has found. According to the study, uncovered by ABC News, interference from electronics is suspected in 75 incidents from 2003 to 2009.

New Clues About Missing Aviator Fossett–Whom the Internet Has Tried to Find–Discovered by Analog Hiker

Kara Swisher in News on October 1, 2008 at 5:32 pm PT

A man hiking in a remote part of Mammoth Lakes in California’s Sierra Nevada found a pilot’s license and an FAA card, both bearing the name of aviator Steve Fossett. The discovery is about 50 miles away from Nevada desert locations where teams had been searching for the well-known adventurer, who vanished while on a solo flight in a single-engine Bellanca Super Decathlon a year ago. After Fossett’s disappearance, tens of thousands of Web users mounted an unusual online search mission, called “crowdsourcing,” studying satellite photos of a huge swath of ground.