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September 04, 2015

Airborne 09.04.15: FAA's Updated Model Guidance, WTC Base Jumper, Gordon Bennett Race

Also: WOW Conference, Hoover v FAA--Part II, National Safety Forum, Slovakian Bell 429, AAR Milestone, Record UAV Flight, Commercial UAV Operator's Balloon Ticket

The FAA has just published updated guidance on model aircraft operations that reflects current law governing hobby or recreational use of unmanned aircraft. Advisory Circular 91-57A replaces the previous guidance that was written in 1981 which did not reflect the rules Congress wrote into Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. Among other things, the guidance stresses model aircraft operators must comply with all Temporary Flight Restrictions. A judge in Manhattan has sentenced 28-year-old Marko Markovich to 300 hours of community service for BASE jumping from One World Trade Center, which was sti




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