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FILE - This Feb. 17, 2014 file photo shows a remote controlled model aircraft flying over the Washington Nationals spring training baseball workout in Viera, Fla. The Federal Aviation Administration bars commercial use of drones no matter how seemingly benign. Officials say rules to address the special safety challenges associated with unmanned aircraft need to be in place before they can share the sky with manned aircraft and final regulations could be years away. But tempting technology and an eager marketplace are outrunning the aviation agency's best intentions. Photographers, real estate agents, moviemakers, and others are hurrying to embrace the technology.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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FILE - This Feb. 17, 2014 file photo shows a remote controlled model aircraft flying over the Washington Nationals spring training baseball workout in Viera, Fla. The Federal Aviation Administration bars commercial use of drones no matter how seemingly benign. Officials say rules to address the special safety challenges associated with unmanned aircraft need to be in place before they can share the sky with manned aircraft and final regulations could be years away. But tempting technology and an eager marketplace are outrunning the aviation agency's best intentions. Photographers, real estate agents, moviemakers, and others are hurrying to embrace the technology.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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When the FAA finishes its new drone regulations, we hope they won't apply to pint-sized models from the toy store. (AP Photo/The Berkshire Eagle, Ben Garver, File)
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta announces that government safety rules are changing to let airline passengers use most electronic devices from gate-to-gate during a news conference, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. The change will let passengers read, work, play games, watch movies and listen to music _ but not make cellphone calls. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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** FILE ** In this Feb. 12, 2009, file photo, a plane burns after it crashed into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y. The amount and type of flying experience first officers — also known as co-pilots — must have to qualify to fly for an airline will be significantly increased and expanded under new regulations announced Wednesday by the Federal Aviation Administration. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)
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The shifting of sequester cuts at the Federal Aviation Administration will allow air traffic controllers to return to work at full force, alleviating a week of frustration for travelers. With fewer controllers because of the mandatory furloughs, departures had to be spaced out more, leading to long waits on the runway at many airports.
