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    FAA to UAS Violation Enforcement for December 2021 (hopefully one of many)

    @fjschuler you are SPOT on my friend. I agree 100000% :)
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    FAA to UAS Violation Enforcement for December 2021 (hopefully one of many)

    As you'll soon be hearing from @Vic Moss and Greg @pilotinstitute have been working to get more "information" released to the public about enforcement actions/fines/sanctions that have been taken against UAS operations. In our FAA Safty Team report we finally had a tid bit we can share. This is...
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    Friday, March 11th, 2022 and the BVLOS saga . . .The ARC Report to the FAA

    (Copied from Mavic Pilots forum, OP is Vic Moss) Are you a US 107 Pilot? Or are you getting your 107? The FAA recently released the 381 page BVLOS ARC report. BLVOS ARC stands for Beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee. This report is full of great info and suggestion for...
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    Friday, March 11th, 2022 and the BVLOS saga . . .The ARC Report to the FAA

    As many of you may already be seeing, yesterday the FAA Released a VERY long report on UAS BVLOS operation. First off let me break it down for those who have only seen the headlines.... we are NOT ALLOWED TO FLY BVLOS without a Waiver right now. I repeat we are NOT ALLOWED TO FLY BVLOS without...
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    FAA Part 107 - Operations Over People January 2022 USA

    Cat 4 is going to be a hurdle to get and really designed for larger more complex aircraft. § 21.175 Airworthiness certificates: classification. (a) Standard airworthiness certificates are airworthiness certificates issued for aircraft type certificated in the normal, utility, acrobatic...
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    FAA Part 107 - Operations Over People January 2022 USA

    Let's get this out there in one neat and tidy package for future reference. This is only relevant for Part 107 Operations under the FAA in the United States of America!! This is from April 2021 so the actual dates might have changed a few days here or there but they are very close. At this...
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    FAA Facility Maps (LAANC Grids)

    I'd say it's possible a Part 107 COULD get approval.
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    FAA Part 107 Registration - UPDATE!!

    For those FAA Part 107 holders who are updating their registrations or are registering a NEW aircraft you may notice that the FAA DroneZone portal has been updated to incorporate Remote ID information. The update requires a registrant to indicate if their drone is Remote ID equipped or not...
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    FAA - Part 107 LAANC Authorizations for NIGHT Flight in Controlled Airspace (temporary)

    (Copied from Vic Moss) Hot off the presses.... Night ops in controlled airspace temporary procedure is live. Permanent solution to be announced later...
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    FAA Part 107 Rule Changes re: Showing RPIC to LEO etc. . .

    This is for Part 107 Operations ONLY right now . . . (Recreational your day is coming in just a couple of months) Specifically in regards to WHO you must legally show your ID and Part 107 Credentials to: Up until 4/21/21 a RPIC is only required to show their RPIC Certificate to FAA Officials...
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    Part 107 Test/Recurrency go LIVE 4/6/21... Important notes . . .

    The Part 107 Online Recurrency Training Module is now LIVE: https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/course_content.aspx?pf=1&preview=true&cID=677
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    Part 107 Test/Recurrency go LIVE 4/6/21... Important notes . . .

    As of tomorrow the Part 107 Initial Knowledge Test (in person) and Recurrency Training Module (online) will go LIVE with the new materials to cover Night Flights w/o a Waiver and Operations Over People (OOP). Let's take a quick moment to break this down. Tuesday 4//6/2021 Part 107...
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    FAA Facility Maps (LAANC Grids)

    This comes up a LOT and we need to do a PSA to all FAA UAS operators. On the UAS Facility Maps (LAANC Grids) there are boxes with a # in it (0 - 400). Some people mistakenly think this is the "allowed altitude by default" for that grid section. This is NOT the case. The altitude listed is the...
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    Another FAA delay on Part 107 for March 2021

    Sorry folks, we just got notification this morning that on Wednesday (3/10), the FAA will publish a new delay on RID, OOP, and the new Recurrent and Initial Remote Pilot (107) procedures. This is very unfortunate if you need to become 107 current before the end of March. We are trying to see if...
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    Bad drone legislation in the US

    Attention US drone owners (r/c too!). Utah's Senator Lee is at it again with his "Drone Integration and Zoning Act" bill. DSP Alliance and other organizations were informed of this yesterday. Kenji and I are working with some other organizations to put together a unified approach to make sure...