§ 107.29 Operation at night. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, no person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system at night unless— (1) The remote pilot in command of the small unmanned aircraft has completed…
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced October 1, 2019 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded air carrier and operator certification to UPS Flight Forward, an unmanned aircraft system delivery company operated by United Parcel Services (UPS). Through…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is implementing changes for recreational drone flyers mandated by Congress in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (PDF). While recreational flyers may continue to fly below 400 feet in uncontrolled airspace without specific certification or…
Beginning February 25, 2019, The Federal Aviation Administration now requiring small drone owners to display the FAA-issued registration number on an outside surface of the aircraft. Owners and operators may no longer place or write registration numbers in an interior…
We admit we used a play on words when we stated “drone” when we really meant to say “spacecraft,” but it’s still a very awesome event we felt worth mentioning. It’s been just over six years since NASA successfully landed…
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 Affecting Hobbyist sUAS Drone Operators The part of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 that affects drone hobbyists is getting a lot of attention lately. This is because the Act is going to enforce hobbyists to abide…
At the request of its Federal security partners, the FAA is using its authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations Special Security Instructions to address concerns about drone operations over national security-sensitive facilities by establishing temporary flight…
Drones have really taken off! As of late July 2018, more than 100,000 individuals have obtained a Remote Pilot Certificate to fly a drone for commercial and recreational (not qualifying as “model aircraft”) use since the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) small drone…
This is a fantastic video reviewing the new LAANC system , brought to you by AirMap webinar that occurred June 2018.
At the request of federal security partners, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)§ 99.7 – “Special Security Instructions” – to address concerns about drone operations over national…