Fleet Air Arm
(in the US) Federal Aviation Administration
Fellow of the Australian Academy (of Science)
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The helicopter was owned by Tiny Bubbles Aviation Inc., a holding company with a business address listed at Whiteman Airport in Pacoima, according to state and FAA records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A Miami airport spokesman said the facility undergoes an FAA safety inspection each year and has consistently met federal requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The FAA said the crushable material can stop an aircraft traveling up to 80 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
"The actual cause of the incident will be determined by the FAA and the NTSB," he added, referring to the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
She gets a lifetime of being stopped by the FAA for random bag searches every time she flies.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Already the faa has permitted a handful of law-enforcement agencies to operate drones on a short-term basis.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2013
The faa is not in the business of privacy protection.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2013
Ben Sliney, who as national operations manager for the faa kept track of the mounting atrocities, appears as himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
One area examined was an faa program that requires the periodic recertification of bomb-sniffing dogs by placing real chemicals on empty planes.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’ve had enough of travelling the turnpike, Houffling and hirpling like a cadging faa: And, but for you and your brat, I’d settled down, A respectable married man, this twenty-year.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
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