William West Seegmiller: American Aviation Specialist
William West Seegmiller has been an aircraft pilot for over 45 years and is one of the country’s top Aviation Accident Consultants. With knowledge in both general and commercial aviation, aviation safety, and More...
FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, Manuel Fernandez Convicted of Bribery and Fraud Scheme
Yesterday, following a four-week trial before U.S. District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke, a federal jury convicted a former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Safety Inspector Manuel R. Fernandez, 42, of Miami, More...
Star Wars Celebration 2017: Harrison Ford crashes 40th Anniversary tribute to drop some jokes
Thousands of fans flooded to Orlando, Florida for Star Wars Celebration and the 40th Anniversary tribute panel kicked off the 4-day event. Fans in attendance were treated with an all-star lineup which included creator/director More...
John Fleming, Jack Fleming, Brian Casey identified as three of the six victims killed in Lake Erie plane crash
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner announced that the remains of three of the six people killed in the Lake Erie plane crash have been identified. The name of all six of the victims have now been released to the More...
Eric Falbe and family identified as victims in Arizona plane crash
Searchers in Arizona found the bodies of four members of a family in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed on a flight from Scottsdale to Telluride, Colorado, officials said. The sheriff’s office verified More...
South Korea Eases Ban On Charter Flights From Thailand
South Korea has announced that its official aviation agency will remove recent bans on selected Thai aircraft charter flights. Effective immediately, Thai Airways International (THAI) and Thai Air Asia X will be More...
Drone use for real estate purposes discussed by CCIM’s Caleb McDow
Ben Crosby, CCIM, recognized that using drones, or small unmanned aerial systems (UAS), would be an inexpensive way to capture aerial video and photos for the thousands of acres of agricultural land that are the More...
Working Together: Unmanned Aircraft Fanatics and the FAA
For years, enthusiasts have wanted lax regulation concerning unmanned aircraft. It’s understandable. You have a hobby. The government restricts you. You want the government to back down. Now, many people are getting More...
Federal judge rules against FAA on commercial drone use
A federal judge has thrown out the first fine against a commercial drone operator, as the Federal Aviation Administration struggles to regulate the fast-developing industry. Judge Patrick Geraghty, a National Transportation More...
Bird’s Eye View: Drones in the Real Estate Industry
Drones aren’t just for spying on Americans anymore. They’re also good for hunting prime real estate. The excitement is heating up, and for good reason. Unmanned drones are a simple way to capture large More...
Missouri and Nebraska ‘drone journalism’ programs grounded by FAA
For most of the year, the journalism programs at the University of Missouri and the University of Nebraska have used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones to capture footage from “hard-to-reach” news More...
Congress passes bill to end FAA furloughs, air traffic controllers back to work on Monday
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is bringing back to duty some 13,000 furloughed air traffic controllers by Sunday pursuant to a new law allowing it to shift funds to avoid forced leave on the said workers. The More...
