To no one's surprise, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the FAA can shut down the "flight-sharing" website Flytenow.com. Flytenow attempted to expand on the trend that companies like Uber and Airbnb.com have popularized: allowing consumers to connect directly with private individuals who have goods or services that they need. Flytenow passengers do not pay for tickets or for the pilot's time, instead, they only share fuel and fee costs with the pilot. "This is a huge blow to innovation and entrepreneurship in general aviation," said Jon Riches, the national litigation director at the Goldwater Institute and the attorney representing Flytenow.
In Aviation We Tend To Remember Things That Came First, But An Airplane Named The Windecker Eagle Has Been Forgotten Until Now
Designed by Dr. Leo Windecker and his wife, Dr. Fairfax Windecker, both were Dentists, it started off as an attempt in the early 1960s to develop stealth technology and ended up taking a place in history. The Windecker Company started the trend towards composite construction that we know today. The original company based in Midland, Texas faded into history, but their airplane will fly again, and is headed towards production.
Annual Roadmap For Improving Transportation Safety, Including Aviation
The NTSB will unveil its 2016 Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements at a press conference on January 13, 2016. Over the next year, the NTSB will bring additional focus to the transportation safety issues on the list.
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