{"id":2648,"date":"2015-10-19T18:56:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T22:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2015-10-21T16:46:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:46:46","slug":"media-release-ama-joins-dot-task-force-on-uas-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/2015\/10\/19\/media-release-ama-joins-dot-task-force-on-uas-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Release: AMA JOINS DOT TASK FORCE ON UAS REGISTRATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0MUNCIE, Ind.<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Dave Mathewson, executive director of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), today released the following statement that the organization is joining the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s task force to develop a streamlined registration process for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS): <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAMA looks forward to working with government and private sector stakeholders on a process for UAS registration. The term UAS has been applied to a broad range of platforms from toys with limited capabilities to large, sophisticated systems that weigh hundreds of pounds. Registration of UAS that meet an appropriate threshold of weight, capability and other safety-related characteristics makes sense, but it should not become a prohibitive burden for recreational users who fly for fun and educational purposes and who have operated harmoniously within our communities for decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Academy has long used a similar system with its more than 180,000 members. AMA\u2019s safety program instructs all members to place his or her AMA number or name and address on or within their model aircraft, ensuring operator accountability and promoting safety within the model aviation community. AMA\u2019s nearly eighty years of experience demonstrates that a voluntary, community-based approach is the best and most effective way to manage recreational flyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, education is essential for promoting safety to the legions of new flyers taking to the skies. That\u2019s why AMA has been working closely with the FAA and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) on the <a href=\"https:\/\/knowbeforeyoufly.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Know Before You Fly<\/u><\/a> campaign. Education programs like these will help ensure the safety of our airspace for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ohkIMnImhE8?rel=0\" width=\"700\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0MUNCIE, Ind. \u2013 Dave Mathewson, executive director of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), today released the following statement that the organization is joining the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s task force to develop a streamlined registration process for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS): \u201cAMA looks forward to working with government and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002422,"featured_media":2421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,7,32,3,35],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drone","category-faa","category-nprm","category-suas","category-uav","tag-department-of-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002422"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2648"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2658,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648\/revisions\/2658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}