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FAA puts out call for new Drone Advisory Group members
Wanted: New members for the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee.
FAA seeks help in determining standards for reporting drone sightings
The FAA wants your input into what should be included in drone sightings.
Video: What happens when a drone hits an airplane wing?
What happens when a drone hits the wing of a Mooney?
Remote Pilot Virtual Test Prep launches
“The Remote Pilot Virtual Test Prep: An Aviation Ground School” is now available from ASA.
More than 100,000 remote pilot certificates issued
The FAA has hit a milestone, issuing 100,000 remote pilot certificates in just two years.
One step closer to integrating drones into the National Airspace System
NASA’s remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System without a safety chase aircraft on June 12, 2018. This historic flight moves the United States one step closer to normalizing unmanned aircraft operations in the airspace used by commercial […]
FAA offers series of drone webinars
FAA Safety Inspector Kevin Morris and a team of experts will launch a series of webinars June 5, 2018, on drone waivers. The series of free webinars will cover the most requested Part 107 waivers under the FAA’s Small UAS Rule. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and talk to FAA experts, agency […]
Start of hurricane season highlights need for careful prep by drone pilots
The start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, June 1, coincides with a drone-friendly policy shift at the FAA. However, before railroads, insurers, power companies, and other operators of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) show up in disaster zones with drones in tow, they should complete a checklist of bureaucratic and practical preparations, according to veteran […]