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radio tower On March 23, 2015,[1] the FAA announced the “blanket” COA that would be given out to all Section 333 Exemptions for commercial drone operations going forward. Fast forward to March 29, 2016,[2] the FAA announces a revision to…
New regulations go into effect on April 1st which will affect your plans for obtaining a student pilot certificate. Originally, you would go to an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) and get your medical and student certificate at the same time.…
I wanted to add a few points on the “Disruptive regulation, or ‘Mother May I?’” section of the recent Forbe’s article Drone Disruption: The Stakes, The Players, And The Opportunities It seems that much of the focus of the VC money…
Many of us have multiple drones and typically have one or two birds we typically fly. Good news is you do NOT need to register your recreational or commercial drones if they are being operated only indoors OR they are…
The FAA started posting amendments on 3/7/2016 which are different from what the FAA has been previously doing. In the past, the FAA was granting amendments to petitions to add aircraft or to add on closed-set TV/movie filming. This created…
[embedded content]It’s been a long journey, however after almost 5 months, we finally finished our Drone Tutorial Series for Filmmakers v2.0! As many of you know, we’ve been in the film industry for over 15 years, and once heavy lifters…
[embedded content]We love using our Amimon Connex system, whether it’s on our aerial rigs or on the ground for gimbal operation and film set monitoring. Now we have the Connex Mini, which is essentially the size and specs of the…
[embedded content] Tattu batteries are specifically designed for use with multi-rotors, and have gained a reputation for being some of the best and most reliable UAV batteries on the market. We use the standard Tattu batteries on our heavy lifters…
The proposed rule is located here. The FAA’s FAQ page on drone registration is located here. The FAA’s privacy impact statement is here. Key Point of the Rule: “Persons owning small unmanned aircraft, whether intended to be used as model…
I’m not going to cover the legal issues with drone registration that I made in the previous blog post. I will only briefly discuss (1) the recommendations, (2) a few potential problems with the recommendations, and (3) what happens next…
It was reported that on Thursday morning a drone and a 1960’s Cessna 172 collided in the air over Costa Rica. It is alleged that the Cessna hit the drone with its right wing strut. This is NOT the wing but the strut supporting…
Since the holidays are coming up, I thought I should write a short blog post to educate individuals on one of the lesser known regulations regarding flying drones and drinking. This blog post is going to address only those individuals operating commercially…