Category Archives: Aviation Law
Fly Safe: Prevention of Loss of Control Accidents
September 27– The FAA and General Aviation (GA) group’s #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on best practices for calculating and predicting aircraft performance, and operating within established aircraft limitations. Impairment may cause a pilot to exceed these limitations and lose control of the aircraft. Are You an Impaired Pilot? Of… Read More »
OFFICIAL ENVISIONS A DAY WHEN MILLIONS OF DRONES FILL SKIES
By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — So many people are registering drones and applying for drone pilot licenses that federal aviation officials say they are contemplating the possibility of millions of unmanned aircraft crowding the nation’s skies in the not-too-distant future. In the nine months since the Federal Aviation Administration created a drone registration… Read More »
Small UAS Rules and Third Class Medical Reform
By Ken Mead, AOPA General Counsel Over the past 60 days there have been significant developments related to the FAA’s new rule on the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and Third Class Medical Reform. Because you are a Panel Attorney for AOPA’s Legal Services Plan, we would like to share with you our… Read More »
How the FAA Is Regulating Small Drones
By David Elser, Business and Commercial Aviation As you read this, a new Federal Aviation Regulation applying to the registration of small UASs (sUASs), or drones, may be in place. (As BCA went to press, the FAA issued a rule for registration of small UAS weighing 0.55 lb. to less than 55 lb.–Ed.) And if so,… Read More »
A Small Business Startup Based On Small Drones
By David Esler, Business and Commercial Aviation Modesto, California, resident Tom Davis’s background includes 25 years as a scientific programmer during which he developed software apps and performed software engineering for high-speed computer systems. Having been raised on a farm in California’s Central Valley, he also was familiar with mechanized agriculture. And since his father had… Read More »
New rules may let drone industry soar
By Thad Moore, The Post and Courier The business of flying drones is in its early days in Charleston, but under new federal rules, the industry may be ready to take off. The Federal Aviation Administration loosened its requirements Monday for flying drones commercially, making it cheaper and easier for businesses to get the go-ahead to… Read More »
New FAA Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Go Into Effect
WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced the implementation of the first operational rules for routine non-hobbyist use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”). The regulations on June 21, 2016 officially take effect today. “People are captivated by the limitless possibilities unmanned aircraft offer,… Read More »
Applying for a Waiver under the New Drone Rules
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new small drone rule effective August 29 – formally known as Part 107 – allows for some expanded operations based on technology mitigations if you can make the safety case for a waiver of some provisions. Operators can apply for waivers to operate at night, beyond line of sight, above… Read More »
Get Ready for the New Small Drone Rule!
A new world of opportunities for drone operators opens next week on August 29 when the new small drone rule for non-hobbyists becomes effective. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to make sure you have the information you’ll need to take advantage of those opportunities. Aeronautical Knowledge Test One very important step you have to… Read More »
Dubai plane crash: Emirates expects network-wide delay after flight EK521 bursts into flames on crash-landing
By Louise Burke, The Telegraph An Emirates passenger plane burst into flames as it crash landed at Dubai airport on Wednesday but all 300 passengers and crew members survived the impact. There were 24 Britons aboard Emirates Flight EK521 when it came crashing down in the final moments of a return flight from Thiruvananthapuram in southern… Read More »