Response to FAA Docket 2019-1100 (Remote ID NPRM) Hello I am writing in response to the FAA NPRM for Remote UAS ID (Docket # 2019-1100). I am a U.S. citizen, a veteran, and a UAS pilot, and would like to address some issues and concerns I had when reading the NPRM, as well as provideContinue reading “My Response to FAA NPRM for Remote ID & Tracking”
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‘See and Avoid’ and the Visual Line of Sight Falsehood
In the US, the law 14 CFR 91.113(b) defines a general applicability requirement in that, during flight “vigilance shall be maintained by each person operating an aircraft so as to see and avoid other aircraft.” The FAA reasoned that since Remote Pilots (RP) of UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) are not physically in the cockpit, theyContinue reading “‘See and Avoid’ and the Visual Line of Sight Falsehood”
Stealing Drones with Remote ID and Tracking
“Lookee there, Burt…that’s an Inspire drone. That thing must cost about 20,000 dollars.” “Dang, Rex, let’s go get it.” “Why, how we gonna do that, Burt?” “Dang, Rex, don’t you know anything? Using this cool new program they made, I can just point my phone at it like this…and presto! There’s the location of theContinue reading “Stealing Drones with Remote ID and Tracking”
The FAA’s Invitation to Anti-Drone Luddites
The FAA’s proposed Remote ID and Tracking rules for UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) will make some significant changes to the drone world, and to our national airspace. As the proposed rule stands, any operator of a UAS would be identified by position of the drone and the position of the operator/remote control. Aside from beingContinue reading “The FAA’s Invitation to Anti-Drone Luddites”
Commercial Drone Alliance: Champions of Progress?
In this second part of the CDA blog, I answer (or attempt to answer) the second half of the question initially posed: CDA – Bully or Boon? In the previous post, I examined how the CDA appears to be a bully, in pushing their agenda and pushing recreational UAS (RUAS) from the skies. In thisContinue reading “Commercial Drone Alliance: Champions of Progress?”
The Commercial Drone Alliance – Bully or Beneficial?
The CDA (Commercial Drone Alliance) is a group that (in their own words) “advocate for the commercial use of drones by reducing barriers to enable this game-changing technology.” The rest of their mission statement and goals can be found on their website (commercialdronealliance.org), but the first sentence is a big enough chunk to digest, forContinue reading “The Commercial Drone Alliance – Bully or Beneficial?”
Legacy Drones and FAA Remote ID
Any decent plan for implementation of a new technology allows a path for integration with existing legacy technology. More precisely, any decent plan integrates the new technology seamlessly into the older (legacy) technology. These plans specify a phased approach to integrating the old technology and either upgrading it to work with the new, or toContinue reading “Legacy Drones and FAA Remote ID”
A Brave New Drone World 