November 25th… In an online news story by Oklahoma City Channel 9 News, FAA effectively endorsed AMA’s safety guidelines for the personal use of sUAS for agricultural applications. As reported by Justin Dougherty… “Farmers may operate an unmanned aircraft over their own property for personal use … Guidelines for the […]
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Senator Inhofe’s Son Killed in a Plane Crash
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe’s son, Perry Inhofe, died Sunday in a plane crash. Dr. Perry Inhofe, a 52-year-old orthopedic surgeon, died when the Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 he was piloting crashed near Owasso, a Tulsa suburb. The members of the Academy of Model Aeronautics offer our condolences and sincere sympathies to Senator […]
Continue readingAMA Response to FAA’s UAS Integration Roadmap
Academy of Model Aeronautics FAA’s Integration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System Roadmap Bob Brown, president of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), released the following statement regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Roadmap for the Integration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National […]
Continue readingFAA Stalling on Small UAS Rules
“It is rare that industries come to Washington begging for more regulation. But that is how we in the unmanned systems business find ourselves with respect to small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS). A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) has been on the shelf for years. We need to move forward […]
Continue readingFAA Releases its Roadmap to UAS Integration
Nov. 7, In a speech to the Aerospace Industries Association, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced FAA’s long awaited and overdue Roadmap for “Integration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System (NAS)”. “The American aerospace industry is eager to support the integration into our domestic airspace of UAS systems […]
Continue readingMarkey Privacy Bill Excludes Model Aircraft
Earlier this week Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) filed a bill to require the Federal Aviation Administration to insert privacy protections in its examination into the possibility of allowing drones to be flown in commercial airspace. (See the Press Release) Thanks to the efforts of the AMA in working with the congressional […]
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