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Drone Registration Statistics

Many people are looking for drone registration statistics. While the Part 47 registration database is publicly available, the Part 48 registration database is not. The vast majority of drones register under Part 48. The FAA has released Part 48 drone registration data in pieces. They haven’t ever bundled it all together to see what is […]

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Drone Pilot Received $182,000 Proposed Fine

The FAA has proposed to fine a drone pilot for $182,000. The story has been going around the internet recently. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was gracious enough to allow me to obtain a copy of the proposed penalty letter which went much more into detail as to the alleged violations they are citing him […]

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Feds Prosecute Drone Pilot for Mid-Air Collision (U.S. v Hernandez)

The copy of the criminal complaint is located here. On Wednesday, a federal complaint was filed in the Central Federal District Court of California charging Andrew Hernandez with unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft. It alleges that around 12:35 a.m. a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter arrived in response to a request for air support […]

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H.R.4-Proposed FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

This never became law. There is another FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 that DID become law which is located here. Brief Summary of the Proposed FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018: Representative Shuster introduced on 4/13/2018 the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 which plans to fund the FAA out until 2023. This is a very large […]

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FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254) & Drones

There have been other FAA Reauthorization Acts of 2018 introduced but this was the one actually passed. It has multiple provisions that are all smooshed together. We have general aviation, drones, counter drone, research, etc. There are ALOT of things in this act. This article will only be showing those relating specifically to unmanned aircraft. […]

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