“The Academy believes that the FAA must address and adjudicate the 33,000 plus comments to its interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft and resolve the issues and concerns presented before moving forward in finalizing the small UAS Rule.” Click the Link below to read AMA’s official comments to […]
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FAA Moves to Summary Grant Process for UAS Petitions
As Reported by Wiley Rein LLP – McBee Strategic Consulting… R. Michael Senkowski, Anna M. Gomez, Katy M. Ross and Sara Luxenberg* April 14, 2015 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has instituted a new “summary grant” process to more expeditiously grant petitions to conduct commercial operations of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) pursuant to Section 333 […]
Continue readingDOT/FAA Announce proposed rule for sUAS
Sunday, February 15 – In a telephonic press conference held today, Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced FAA’s long-awaited proposed regulation for the operation of commercial small unmanned aircraft in the national airspace. As stated in the FAA press release, the “proposal offers safety […]
Continue readingAMA Responds to Multirotor Demonstration on Fox & Friends
On February 4th, during a segment on “Fox and Friends” a quad-copter being flown by an editor from Popular Science magazine was seen flying, uncontrolled, into the morning show’s production crew. AMA believes the demonstration was conducted in an unsafe and irresponsible manner and has sent letters to Fox News […]
Continue readingFAA – No Drones at the Superbowl
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Continue readingAMA sUAS/Drone Broadcast
Join AMA Executive Director Dave Mathewson and Government and Regulatory Affairs Director Rich Hanson next Tuesday for a live sUAS/Drone broadcast. The broadcast will provide an update on the upcoming small UAS rule and FAA’s interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft. Dave and Rich will also answer your […]
Continue readingUpdate on AMA’s petition for review of the Interpretive Rule
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014, the DC Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a motion to hold the petition for review in abeyance. This ruling puts on hold our request to review the FAA’s interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft established by Congress. The court ordered that […]
Continue readingNTSB Rules on the Pirker Case
Tuesday, November 18th – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its ruling on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) appeal of the decisional order of Administrative Law Judge Patrick Geraghty in the FAA v. Pirker case, a case in which Raphael Pirker was fined $10,000 for operating his unmanned aircraft […]
Continue readingAP Reports drone sightings up! …
Wednesday, Nov. 12th, the Associated Press reported that drone sightings are up dramatically and that, “The government is getting near-daily reports — and sometimes two or three a day — of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports…” (Click the link below to read the full story.) There’s […]
Continue readingPermanent TFRs issued for major sporting events and Disney properties
October 27… The FAA has issued three new Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) creating restrictions for the airspace surrounding major sporting events and the Disney properties in Anaheim, CA and Kissimmee/Orlando, FL. The new flight restrictions permanently prohibit the operation of radio control model aircraft at any time within 3 nm […]
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