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Officials are still digging into former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin after he fired several shots, leaving the 45th president injured and bleeding on stage during his rally earlier this month. 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Cooks reportedly flew a drone over the area two hours before Trump would take the stage during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Cooks' significant use of a drone is that, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), “No person may operate an aircraft over or in the vicinity of any area to be visited or traveled by the President, the Vice President, or other public figures.”...

The eight-seat recreational airplane, a single-engine Gippsland Airvan, is cruising peacefully over southern Maryland on a hazy June afternoon, pilot and passengers enjoying the view from 4,000 feet, where the Nanticoke River runs into the swamplands at the edge of the Chesapeake Bay. Suddenly—whoosh! A trademark shape most of us encounter only in the movies or at airshows darts underneath the 100-knot pleasure craft, then carves a semi-circle in the sky in front of it. A voice crackles in the pilot’s headset: “This is a United States Air Force armed F-16. You are in violation of restricted airspace. Do you...

Below is what I just sent via email to the editors of the Washington ComPost. And I ask the same question to everyone in FR land - why should I report anything when no one seems to take it serious?

Two Planes Fly Through Restricted NYC Air Space, Buzz Cruise Ship; Pilots Released After Questioning By Wayne Parry Associated Press Writer Published: Jul 5, 2002 WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Two small planes swooped through restricted airspace around New York City and buzzed a cruise ship before police helicopters forced them down almost an hour later. The two Florida pilots were released from police headquarters early Friday without being charged criminally, although they may face Federal Aviation Administration sanctions for flight violations, the FBI said. The pilots were identified as Andre Morais and Daniel Oliverso, both of Miami. The incident...