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No, you can't see DJI RID on Apple devices because it uses the wifi method of the MOC which Apple does not allow third party applications to access.

18 USC 795/796 does not apply to anything visible in public. Otherwise aviation photographers would be arrested for taking photos of military aircraft. See Toledo Blade v. United States, Genovese v. Town of Southampton, Askins v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, etc.

Especially for 107 pilots who fly on a regular basis, this should serve as a good time to consider making a paper and/or digital logbook in addition to organizing all of your important paperwork. I started doing this a few months ago and it has been fairly useful.

I am not sure which "hostile" auditors are being referenced. There are good and bad auditors out there, just as there are good and bad police officers out there. It seems to me that if you keep getting recommended or watching bad auditors it is because you continue engaging with that type of...

Vic, I have had the same problem that you experienced in DOD airspaces. I received an authorization for KNUW and it included this provision. Presumably the authority to issue this directive is derived from the following: 18 U.S.C. § 795 - Photographing and sketching defense installations 18...

Someone quoted WAC 172 as though it applied through the entire state of Washington, but that's not the case. The code's title is "Eastern Washington University" and it contains other rules governing conduct of students of the university as well as conduct on the campus itself. It doesn't apply...

I have encountered other pilots while flying a few times, each with varying results. One time while flying, I noticed someone with a camera taking photos of a parade I was planning to get some video of. Then I they pulled a Mavic 3 and a DJI RC out of their bag, which made me extremely cautious...

WAC 172 applies only to the campus of Eastern Washington University, and even then it is questionable whether the code is permissible in the first place due to preemption. It does not apply whatsoever outside the campus.

I have numerous pending FOIA requests with the FAA, one of which is for the entire database of FRIA information. In the meantime, the website that will be used in this talk is FRIAMap.com which is the only public list of FRIAs. Unfortunately they are still not in the UASFM still after three...

It seems extremely unlikely that people will have enforcement actions taken against them by the FAA (or local LEA for that matter) for the sole reason that they did not have RID. It will almost always be because of some other rule violation, such as flying over people, in controlled airspace...

Nice video. People new to drones for some reason think it's a gray area because they don't understand the rules - it is absolutely not a gray area whatsoever. You are either flying under the recreational exemption, or you are flying for any other reason (Part 107), it depends only on the intent...

PI as well as vast majorities of people in these forums and elsewhere seem to keep butchering the language of the rule - the language is *"would"* cause lacerations, not "could" or "can" cause lacerations. "Would cause lacerations" implies a case where it is more likely than not for lacerations...

I contacted DJI Support to try and get one for the Mavic 3 and they claimed they couldn't send me one.

Obviously the Mavic 3 that is deliberately crashing into the Matrice.

Idiots like this completely ruin the perception of drone pilots. Somehow he managed to violate literally half of the rules listed in Part 107: Violated 107.5 (made a fraudulent or intentionally false record of registration) Violated 107.7 (didn't have any of the legally mandated documents in...