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If you are involved at all in small drone flying, you are likely to have come across Peter Sachs in one of a number of online forums dedicated to unmanned aerial vehicles or have visited his website to learn from an expert the latest in drone law. He’s a commercial helicopter pilot, aviation attorney and drone enthusiast. He is also the publisher of dronelawjournal.com – an online legal reference for the latest in drone law affecting small unmanned aerial vehicles. He tweets under the name TheDroneGuy, frequently jabbing the FAA for what he – and many legal experts I have spoken with – consider to be unfounded legal interpretations and enforcement actions against drone operators, including the infamous case against Rafael Pirker. Recently, the FAA had the dubious distinction of winning a case brought by the search and rescue organization Texas Equusearch, whose search and rescue missions had been grounded by a cease-and-desist order issued by an FAA inspector. The basis for the FAA’s “victory”? The Court of Appeals’ determined that the cease-and-desist order itself was legally unenforceable, stating “the challenged email communication from a Federal Aviation Administration employee did not represent the consummation of the agency’s decisionmaking process, nor did it give rise to any legal consequences. ”
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Alan is serial entrepreneur, active angel investor, and a drone enthusiast. He co-founded DRONELIFE.com to address the emerging commercial market for drones and drone technology. Prior to DRONELIFE.com, Alan co-founded Where.com, ThinkingScreen Media, and Nurse.com. Recently, Alan has co-founded Crowditz.com, a leader in Equity Crowdfunding Data, Analytics, and Insights. Alan can be reached at alan(at)dronelife.com