President signs FAA bill, includes protection for model aviation
Last week, Congress passed the first FAA Reauthorization bill in more than four years. The Bill included a special provision for model aircraft protecting it from FAA regulations. Signed last night by...
View ArticleYour questions answered-The FAA reauthorization bill and five-mile rule
The AMA Government and Regulatory Affairs team has been hard at work to fight for all aeromodelers. We are happy to accept your questions, and have placed top priority on continuing to keep our members...
View ArticleYour questions answered-What is a “nationwide community-based organization?”
The Academy of Aeronautics Government Relations team would like to thank everyone who has visited our blog, asked questions and kept an eye on the current situation with the NPRM and proposed rules...
View ArticleYour Questions Answered – Rules for those not operating within a...
Your questions answered- Many non-AMA members fly at sites other than established model aviation fields (ie: AMA clubs). How will this impact the new regulations and how will the new role for AMA...
View ArticleYour questions answered-The 400 foot limit for model aircraft.
In the interview with Deputy Director John McGraw, Mr. McGraw seemed to have very little to say about the aeromodeling exemption in the FAA reauthorization bill. He also made a worrisome comment about...
View ArticleVideo: AMA Government Relations Presentation at 2012 Efest
This briefing was presented on Saturday, February 11th, three days before President Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act into law. Though this law goes a long way towards protecting model...
View ArticlePrivacy Rights Groups Fight FAA
Read Full Article Debate heats up over privacy rights as Congress compels the FAA to provide UAS access to the national airspace. A number of privacy groups have petitioned the Federal Aviation...
View ArticleAMA FAA forum AMA EXPO 2013
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View ArticleA New Challenge Faces Model Aviation
Anyone who has been following the FAA’s effort to regulate the operation of small unmanned systems (sUAS) will know that this effort has revolved around safety in the national airspace (NAS). AMA has...
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Supporters of AK UAS Task Force Meet
In April of this year, the state of Alaska tabled its bill in favor of a joint Concurrent Resolution (HCR006C) that creates a legislative task force charged with reviewing regulations and operational...
View ArticleSupport the EAA/AOPA intiative: Third Class Medical Legislation
LEARN MORE ON EAA BLOG POST: http://www.eaa.org/news/2014/2014-03-11_us-senate-introduces-ga-pilot-protection-act-companion-to-house-bill.asp RALLY CONGRESS:...
View ArticleVIDEO: FAA Ban On FPV by FliteTest
DEADLINE TO COMMENT: On or before July 25, 2014 Please click the link below for the full write up on this important matter regarding FPV and model aircraft operators!...
View ArticleVIDEO: FAA Seeks to Ban FPV Flying and Limit Model Aviation by Roswell Flight...
DEADLINE TO COMMENT: On or before July 25, 2014 To read more about this video, follow this link:http://bit.ly/1xyBGVS How to Respond to the FAA. All AMA members, family and friends need to take action...
View ArticleOp-Ed Column from Dave Mathewson: “Listen to Congress and leave model...
The Academy of Model Aeronautics asks the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to listen to Congress and leave model flying alone. AMA Executive Director Dave Mathewson provided his insight and...
View ArticleAMA testifies about model aircraft safety to California
Rich Hanson, AMA government and regulatory affairs director, joins fire, law enforcement, emergency management personnel, NASA, the media, and DJI to testify about the proper use of sUAS’s in...
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Model Aviation contributor Terry Dunn published his insight concerning...
AMA Member Terry Dunn’s wrote an article for tested.com titled “What You Should Know about FAA’s Plans for Drone Registration.” Terry spent 15 years as an engineer at the Johnson Space Center. He is...
View ArticleFAA Advocacy Meeting January 15 and 16
While the AMA continues to address registration legally and through Congress, members are being asked to register with the FAA. Pilots do not register their aircraft, they register as a pilot and...
View ArticleNew Draft of the FAA Reauthorization Bill
Rep. Bill Shuster, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced a new draft of the FAA reauthorization bill, titled the “Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization...
View ArticleAIRR Act passes Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
We have good news to share. Thursday, February 11, 2016 the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the House of Representatives passed the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization...
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Making enhancements to the Special Rule for Model Aircraft into law
The AMA began its work to pass the Special Rule for Model Aircraft years before it was passed into law in 2012. Countless negotiations, revisions, and eventually mobilizing our membership to write...
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