Are traditional model airplanes “drones”? In a word, no. Here’s why: Model airplanes have been around for well over a hundred years and actually predate manned flight. Models have been used for decades to test aircraft design theories and to validate full-scale performance. Some models are small-scale replicas of real […]
Continue readingA New Challenge Faces Model Aviation
Anyone who has been following the FAA’s effort to regulate the operation of small unmanned systems (sUAS) will know that this effort has revolved around safety in the national airspace (NAS). AMA has worked with the FAA, and played a significant role in this effort since the creation of the […]
Continue readingProof… The Spirit and Alure of Aviation Lives On
“Please take a look at this video I found on YouTube. Now that’s what aviation is all about. That young lady’s achievment of solo flying a glider, her spirit, her being brings joy to my heart and hope to my soul.” …Al Mosh Look for the smile on this young […]
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Continue readingFAA Vows to Address Privacy / UAS Test Site RFP Released
As Reported on The Hill… Thursday, 2/14… As part of FAA’s Screening Information Request (SIR) for the selection of six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test ranges, otherwise known as a Request for Proposal (RFP), Federal aviation regulators said they will consider privacy issues as they work to clear the way for […]
Continue readingFAA Releases RFP to Select Six UAS Test Sites
On Thursday, 2/14, the FAA issued its long awaited and overdue Screening Information Request (SIR), otherwise known as a Request for Proposal (RFP), to develop and test unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at six sites around the country. In a statement by Michael Toscano, President and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems […]
Continue readingConoy Considers Regulations for RC Airplanes
As report by Chad Umble in Lancaster Online… Conoy Township supervisors (Conoy, PA) are taking a dim view of anyone who may want to use a remote-controlled airplane to get a birds-eye view of another’s property. A nuisance ordinance reviewed by the township supervisors during their meeting Thursday, 2/14, includes a section […]
Continue readingDomestic UAS Advocates Press the Issue
A team from Cornell University’s engineering department prepares their homegrown drone for a 2012 competition in Maryland. The domestic drone industry is leaning on the FAA to relax regulations on U.S. drone flights. Photo: Cornell.edu… At a recent Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) conference in McLean, VA unmanned […]
Continue readingTexas Bill Could Restrict Photography from RC Aircraft
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle… This remote-controlled “Slow Stick”, equipped with a point-and-shoot digital camera, cost drone hobbyist and advocate Patrick Egan about $300, camera included. The airplane cost him $29 several years ago; now the same kit costs $39. Photo Courtesy of Patrick Egan A bill sponsored by a Dallas legislator […]
Continue reading‘No Drone Zone’ in Virginia?
The inordinate amount of attention given the unmanned aircraft issue and the media’s exploitive use of the term ‘Drone’ is fueling a growing hysteria regarding potential abuses of UAS technology. This pseudo frenzy is resulting in a kneejerk reaction by politicians to address public concern. This was most recently illustrated […]
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