Actual Text of Section 107.2 § 107.2 Applicability of certification procedures for products and articles. The provisions of part 21 of this chapter do not apply to small unmanned aircraft systems operated under this part unless the small unmanned aircraft system will operate over human beings in accordance with § 107.140. FAA’s Discussion on Section 107.2 […]
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History of Section 44807 Originally this provision was created under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 and was listed as Section 333. The FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 extended the powers to be used for beyond-line-of-sight flying as well. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 took this provision and codified […]
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Section 107.1 Applicability (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, this part applies to the registration, airman certification, and operation of civil small unmanned aircraft systems within the United States. This part also applies to the eligibility of civil small unmanned aircraft systems to operate over human beings in the United States. […]
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It is properly called the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016. (“FESSA”)[1] but it has been colloquially called the “2016 FAA Reauthorization.” This Act needed to be passed because the current funding liabilities of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (“FMRA”) expire July 15, 2016, but the FESSA will extend funding to September […]
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A Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) is nothing to play around with. Violations of TFRs can be punished quite severely with a pilot license suspension, civil penalty, or in the worst case: prison time. The FAA has been pursuing enforcement actions against manned and unmanned pilots around the U.S. for TFR violations. In this series of TFR articles, […]
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