MODEL AIRCRAFT COMMUNITY TO COUNCIL: DON’T GROUND OUR HOBBY IN NYC Academy of Model Aeronautics Opposes Legislation to Restrict Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Use in New York City For Immediate Release: January 7, 2015 Contact: Marian Kerr media@modelaircraft.org (202) 777-3509 NEW YORK – Today the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) sent […]
Continue readingCTOvision.com Drone Fear and the FAA Ban on Model Aircraft Near Stadiums
CTOvision.com Context for the CTO, CIO, CISO and Data Scientist By SeanLawson On October 27, 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a newNotice to Airmen (NOTAM) that bans the use of “unmanned aircraft and remote controlled aircraft” near stadiums. The move comes in the wake of a number ofreports worldwide, including within the […]
Continue readingFORBES: Senator Feinstein Now Using Safety Concerns To Target The Drone Industry
Gregory S. McNeal Contributor Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced today that she plans to introduce legislation to codify and expand the moratorium on civilian drones. Feinstein, who is well known for her opposition to drones, is premising her legislation on alleged safety concerns — she previously used alleged privacy concerns to justify her […]
Continue readingFAA List Of Reported Drone Incidents Indicates A Problem. But It’s Not What You Think.
John Goglia FORBES Contributor The FAA’s list of 194 drone sightings reported to it this year were obtained by the New York Times and published yesterday. Contrary to what one would expect from all the media hype about the risks posed to manned aircraft by today’s popular quadcopters, the FAA’s list of sightings does […]
Continue readingBarnstorming: FAA — The Original EPA
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 […]
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