AMA IN ACTION Advocating for Members

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

On August 14th the DC Radio Control Club (DCRC) hosted a visit to their spectacular flying site near Boyds, MD. by AMA President Bob Brown, Jamie Lessard from the FAA UAS Integration Office and representatives from Intelligent UAS, distributors of DJI UAS products. Members of the DCRC turned out to […]

A sharp rise in unmanned aircraft is set to slash costs in cropping and land management, overcoming the need for light planes in many different applications. The Australian Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) has approved 41 operators of unmanned aircraft across Australia and the listing is climbing fast. The Canberra Times […]

David Dvorak (below), CEO of Grand Forks, N.D.-based Field of View, stands in a corn field near Grand Forks with a flying-wing unmanned aircraft systems. His company seeks to “bridge the gap between unmanned aircraft and precision agriculture.” Photographer: John Brose Photography David Dvorak’s ‘Field of View’ mission is to […]

Courtesy of AtlantaHobby.com on FB… CONGRESSMAN WOODALL VISITS LOCAL CUMMING UAV SUPPLIER (CUMMING, GA) – Representative Rob Woodall (GA-7) recently made a visit to the AtlantaHobby.com warehouse and retail showroom located in Cumming off of Bethelview road. Atlantahobby.com has become one of the nations fastest and largest UAV suppliers, as […]