Model Aircraft are not Drones

Recently, the AMA posted a blog post featuring comments from AMA President Bob Brown, in response to an op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times. The editorial proposed that drone proliferation by amateurs in the National Airspace System (NAS) raises an issue that has received too little attention: the threat that they could be used [...]

AMA President, Bob Brown, Responds to LA Times Op Ed Piece

In the March 27, 2012’s edition of the Los Angeles Times, John Villasenor, UCLA professor, contributed an Op-Ed piece with the suggestion that drone proliferation raises an issue that has received too little attention: the threat that they could be used to carry out terrorist attacks.   AMA President, Bob Brown, immediately replied to the [...]

President Obama Nominates Michael Huerta to 5-year Term

Yesterday the White House announced President Barack Obama’s nomination of Michael Huerta, interim chief of the FAA, to a full five-year term as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. In December 2011, then Deputy Administrator Huerta was appointed as the interim administrator of the FAA when Randy Babbitt resigned following a drunk driving arrest [...]

sUAS NPRM Release Date Slips Again…

According to a recent update on DOT’s Rulemaking Webpage the projected publication date for the small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) has been pushed back to July 2012. Though this has not yet been confirmed by the FAA Unmanned Aircraft Program Office (UAPO), sources close to the office say that the [...]

Privacy Rights Groups Fight FAA

Read Full Article Debate heats up over privacy rights as Congress compels the FAA to provide UAS access to the national airspace. A number of privacy groups have petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the proposed increase in the use of aerial drones in the United States. More than 30 organizations, including the American [...]

Video: AMA Government Relations Presentation at 2012 Efest

This briefing was presented on Saturday, February 11th, three days before President Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act into law. Though this law goes a long way towards protecting model aviation from regulation it should not be viewed as a total exemption from regulatory oversight. The FAA will always have the authority over [...]

Your questions answered-The 400 foot limit for model aircraft.

In the interview with Deputy Director John McGraw, Mr. McGraw seemed to have very little to say about the aeromodeling exemption in the FAA reauthorization bill. He also made a worrisome comment about a 400 foot limit for models. Rich Hanson, leader of the AMA Government and Regulatory Affairs: There are a lot of unanswered [...]

Your Questions Answered – Rules for those not operating within a ‘Community-Based’ program

Your questions answered- Many non-AMA members fly at sites other than established model aviation fields (ie: AMA clubs). How will this impact the new regulations and how will the new role for AMA address this? Rich Hanson, leader of the AMA Government and Regulatory Affairs: We won’t know for sure how the FAA will address [...]

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