Take me to the Drone Regulations Directory. §43.1 Applicability. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section, this part prescribes rules governing the maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alteration of any— (1) Aircraft having a U.S. airworthiness certificate; (2) Foreign-registered civil aircraft used in common carriage or carriage of mail under the […]
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Take me to the Drone Regulations Directory. Part 107 aircraft are not subject to Part 21. § 21.1 Applicability and definitions. (a) Except for aircraft subject to the provisions of part 107 of this chapter, this part prescribes— (1) Procedural requirements for issuing and changing— (i) Design approvals; (ii) Production approvals; (iii) Airworthiness certificates; and […]
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Update: The City of Newton appealed it to the circuit court but later asked for the case to be dismissed which the court granted. The City of Newton, Massachusetts passed a drone ordinance on December 19, 2016. The ordinance requires all drones to be registered, bans drones below 400ft above ground level without property owner […]
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Interested in drone legislation? Click here for my U.S. drone legislation directory. Background of the Safe Drone Act of 2017 On June 22, 2017, Senator Warner of Virginia introduced into the Safe Drone Act of 2017. The act is supported by Sen. Hoeven, Sen. Cortez Masto, and Sen. Heller. On the day it was introduced, it […]
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The Drone Operator Safety Act of 2017 is a proposed bill that makes it a federal misdemeanor to: (1) fly unmanned aircraft in the runway exclusion zone of an airport (red zone in the picture to the left) without air traffic control authorization or (2) “operate an unmanned aircraft and, in so doing, knowingly or […]
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