NYT: FAA’s New Electronic Device Rules to ‘Go Into Effect Next Year’

NYT: FAA's New Electronic Device Rules to 'Go Into Effect Next Year'The New York Times is reporting that the Federal Aviation Administration is about to finalize its loosened restrictions on in-flight gadget use—more than a year after it first announced it was mulling the idea.

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Man, Watching Airplanes Take Off and Land Is Like Playing a Video Game

This timelapse video shows the controlled chaos that is airplanes taking off and landing at San Francisco International Airport. If you ever played Flight Control on your phone, it’s pretty much exactly as impossible as that. It’s incredible how nerve wreckingly efficient the whole process is. I will shut my mouth up next time when I wonder why my plane is stuck on a runway. [Craigiest via Laughing Squid]

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