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October 03, 2017

Airborne 10.03.17: FAA Drone Restrictions, AF1 Nixes Refueling, Elon Musk

Also: AirVenture $$$, Aero-Calendar, UAS4STEM, Mesa Airlines, ViaSat-Boeing, Amimon Drone Cam, Air France

At the request of U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies, the FAA is using its existing authority under 14 CFR § 99.7 – “Special Security Instructions” – to address concerns about unauthorized drone operations over 10 Department of the Interior (DOI) sites, including the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore. This is the first time the agency has placed airspace restrictions for unmanned aircraft, or “drones,” over DOI landmarks. The FAA has place

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Airborne-Unmanned 10.03.17: Drone Landmark Restriction, Wynne on MAC, Hover-Taxi

Also: Delair Mapping Drone, Coyote UAVs, Amphibious Drone, Trimble Geofencing Products

At the request of U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies, the FAA is using its existing authority under 14 CFR § 99.7 – “Special Security Instructions” – to address concerns about unauthorized drone operations over 10 Department of the Interior (DOI) sites, including the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore. This is the first time the agency has placed airspace restrictions for unmanned aircraft, or “drones,” over DOI landmarks. The FAA has placed similar airspace

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Airborne-Unmanned 09.26.17: Singer v Newton!, AUVSI Comments, UAS Football Cams

Also: GA-ASI, Women And Drones, Matternet Station, Measure Franchise, AeroVironment Enhances

The legal system continues to recraft the potential regulatory landscape for UAS. In a rush to try to control something they likely don't understand very well, the city of Newton, MA passed a law last December that banned drone flights below 400 feet over private and public property without the consent of the land owner, and required local registration. Now, though, that law has been overturned by a federal judge in Massachusetts, thanks to the efforts of a  physician and inventor living in Newton, Dr. Mich

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Airborne 10.02.17: Boeing Sponsors GoFly, FAA Funding, Tilton Cleared

Also: Airliner v Glider, Glider Flyby, Jupiter Helo, Ryanair, Wright Trophy, Afghan AF, 737-700 Freighter

Boeing has undertaken the GoFly Challenge, which calls on all inventors and doers to make human flight a reality by building the world’s first personal flying device for anyone, anywhere. Over the next two years, teams will compete to win $2,000,000 in prizes, creating revolutionary technology and accessing the top minds in aerospace. The device must be safe, useful, and thrilling, but the design and function of the device is up to teams, which will have access to the top names in aerospace an

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.03.17)

"These new members bring extensive experience and over a century of combined expertise in the operation, business, and policy of aviation that will be invaluable to improving the FAA." Source: Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.03.17): Positive Course Guidance (PCG)

A continuous display of navigational data that enables an aircraft to be flown along a specific course line (e.g., radar vector, RNAV, ground-based NAVAID).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.03.17)

How Police Convinced the FAA to Put a No Fly Zone Over Standing Rock

From Motherboard, an accounting of how police convinced the FAA to place a TFR over Standing Rock within a four-mile radius of an area where people were protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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