Recent content by Mike2A

When I saw 'polish your drone', I'm thinking is that a new hi-tech euphemism....?

My experience with the AMA is they look on UAVs and those that operate them as some sub-culture...they'll take our money but when you go to a AMA meet and show up with a UAV, you get quickly dismissed. Based on this I question how strongly they would advocate for our community.

Do we have a voice? Manufactures like DJI and others make their desires known to those legislating UAV use, but do we the UAV owner/user population have a "lobbying group" to ensure our concerns are heard not only by the government but also corporate UAV entities. We certainly can debate the...

Maybe the Phantom Menace?

I've heard the Phantom 5 will be the first warp capable drone able to make the Kessel run in 12 parsecs...lol

Nice looking hat!

The State of Maryland (i.e. The General Assembly) has only assumed authority for enacting any regulation or restriction on drone use anywhere within the State of Maryland but in accordance with federal (i.e. FAA) regulations and guidance. So they're not playing their own thing, just keeping...

Agreed, lets hope this review doesn't end with something more odious than what we currently live with.

Unfortunately our community is relatively new and we have next to nil lobby representation. Not what we want to hear, but with the current foreign and home-grown terrorist threats and DHS knowledge of the potential of drones being weaponized or used as surveillance and hacking platforms, their...

Commercial drone operation is under different statute, so it simply is not within the scope of this ruling. With the current administration's demonstrated desire to 'de-regulate' whenever possible and to avoid the imposition of new regulations, there could be a fair chance that this will not...

Attached is the text of the ruling, the FAA have 7 days to review and respond to the court before the ruling is finalized. Note this ruling will not change requirements for commercial drone operators.

Maryland side-stepped the issue by Governor Hogan signing the "Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Research, Development, Regulation and Privacy Act of 2015" which gives the State of Maryland the exclusive jurisdiction (outside of Federal (FAA) regulations) to regulate the use of UAVs in the state...

From an article I read a while ago, it was a discussion with an attorney who specialized in 'aviation law'... The deciding factor in these cases is perceived intent; for instance, if I were attending an event and capturing video for my personal use/enjoyment and placed the footage in the public...

Most officers I've encountered will either totally ignore you or display some degree of curiosity or outright interest in what you are doing. I've let officers try their hands at the controls and maybe even made a sale for DJI at least once. On the other side of the coin, if you are ever asked...

The municipality can control launch from indicated locations; however, they do not control the airspace, this is the jurisdiction of the FAA and unless 'restricted' from flight by the FAA, you are within your lawful rights to launch from outside these areas and overfly (while recognizing other...