Thu, May 11, 2017
Fitchburg, Massachusetts was selected by the Drone Racing League as the official New England site of one of its six 2017 Allianz World Championship races that culminate in a winner-take-all World Championship event.
“It’s very exciting that Fitchburg was selected by DRL to host their 2017 drone racing series”, said Mayor Stephen DiNatale. The FAA has published more than 200 facility maps to streamline the commercial drone authorization process. The maps depict areas and altitudes near airports where UAS may operate safely. But drone operators still need FAA authorization to fly in those areas. The maps will help drone operators improve the quality of their Part 107 airspace authorization requests and help the FAA process the requests more quickly. The maps are informational and do not give people permission to fly drones. Remote pilots must still submit an online airspace authorization application. Requests to operate in these areas will require further coordination and FAA safety analysis. Maybe this will be the start of a trend. The Aurora, CO City Council has decided that it does not need to enact its own drone regs. Instead, the town will follow the Federal Aviation Regulations. What a
concept! The council determined last month that there was just no need for city-specific drone regs, unlike other misguided Colorado cities. The city of Aurora owns a DJI Mavic drone for use by their police department, and senior assistant city attorney Nancy Rodgers said there are many other uses for such aircraft, including building and water tower inspections and emergency operations. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of the AMA Drone Report!!!
AMA Drone Report 05.04.17 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Thursday, May 4th, 2017... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:
- DRL Selects Fitchburg, MA As Site For 2017 Allianz World Championships
- FAA Publishes First Set Of UAS Facility Maps
- Aurora, CO Passes On Enacting Drone Legislation
- Karma Reintroduction Boosts GoPro's First Quarter
- Prince Georges County, MD Police Arrest Drone Operator In College Park
- Drone Crowdfunding Campaign Called Deceptive By Industry Blog
- Hangar Introduces New Software For 360-Degree Drone Photos
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "AMA Drone Report" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, next week!
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