Guest Editorial by Rich Davidson, Grass Cutting Administrator At Lee Bottom Flying Field/API Advisory Board When you woke up, could you sense the change in your status? Only yesterday you were an upstanding citizen merely washing your car as your kids played with their radio controlled quad-copter. Today, though, you’re […]
Continue readingIs The Small-UAV Threat To Airliners Overrated?
Dangers to airliners from small UAVs may be more hype than substance Nov 24, 2014 John Croft | Aviation Week & Space Technology The threat of a hobbyist flying a small, light, remotely piloted aircraft into the path of a commercial aircraft may be overblown due to the rigorous certification standards already in […]
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 readingValley RC Flyers club assist with UAS demonstrations at the Big Iron Farm Show
Article provided by Ron Landman, President, Valley RC Flyers This fall AMA asked the Valley RC Flyers club of Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN to assist them by providing a contest director and additional workers to run the flying and safety aspects of the UAS demonstrations at the Big Iron […]
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 […]
Continue readingAC 91-57 Cancelled in Error
Last Friday, Oct 10th, it was announced that FAA Advisory Circular 91-57, “Model Aircraft Operating Standards”, published in 1981 was cancelled. This obviously caught the aeromodeling and sUAS community by surprise and left a lot of unanswered questions. In a communication earlier today with Jim Williams, Executive Manager of the FAA […]
Continue readingFAA Exemptions for Commercial UAS Movie and TV Production
Press Release – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx Announces FAA Exemptions for Commercial UAS Movie and TV Production For Immediate Release September 25, 2014 Contact: Les Dorr, Jr. or Alison Duquette Phone: (202) 267-3883 Six Companies Can Now Fly Small UAS Following FAA-approved Safety Procedures WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx […]
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