Is your drone registration expiring soon? Here's what to do. The FAA's drone registration program went live on December 21, 2015. A lot has happened in the five years following the implementation of regulation: but it still stands. If you were one of the first to step up and register yourself, your drone registration is expiring soon. Drones must be registered with the … [Read more...] about Is Your Drone Registration Expiring?
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DRONELIFE Exclusive: AMA’s Tyler Dobbs on RID and Recreational Drones, “No Viable Options”
The FAA's proposal for Remote ID for drones appears problematic for the recreational drone community. Tyler Dobbs, the AMA's Director of Government Affairs, says the proposal leaves "no viable options" for hobby flyers. Dobbs says that without changes, the current proposal will not only force law abiding flyers out of the hobby, but cause a massive problem with general … [Read more...] about DRONELIFE Exclusive: AMA’s Tyler Dobbs on RID and Recreational Drones, “No Viable Options”
FAA Warns Drone Operators: Don’t Get Scammed on Drone Registration
Drone registration is becoming a hot button topic in Washington these days, as lawmakers hear testimony from the FAA and other federal agencies over the need for greater security measures - including a universal registration requirement for all drone pilots. Registering on the FAA website is as fast and easy as any government interaction could be - less than 5 minutes with … [Read more...] about FAA Warns Drone Operators: Don’t Get Scammed on Drone Registration
Registration Tops 1,000,000 – But Is That Success?
Among the big speeches at last week's CES 2018 was the address by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Chao announced that drone registration in the United States has topped 1,000,000 - a headline grabbing fact that Chao used as an indicator of the success of the program. But Harrison Wolf, Drone Project Lead for the World Economic Forum’s Center for the Fourth Industrial … [Read more...] about Registration Tops 1,000,000 – But Is That Success?
Class-action: FAA May Face $841M Bill in New Drone Suit
The aviation legal skies are swarming after an 800,000-plus-person lawsuit crashed into the FAA last week, alleging the federal agency wrongly collected personal data and money under drone regulations later declared illegal. Robert Taylor v. FAA is the second such class action suit filed against the FAA in as many years and has a fraternal connection with the first. In 2015, … [Read more...] about Class-action: FAA May Face $841M Bill in New Drone Suit
