The exceptions (in part 4) look to me like they do allow for public safety threat detection, infrastructure inspections, mapping, etc. Am I missing something about those?
The part I don’t like is that private citizens can take civil action...
The Windborne balloons are 2.5 lbs each and include ballast in their payload in order to allow it to adjust its altitude. That’s a sizable projectile at 600mph! But the company did everything right while flying it, they even filed for a...
The weather balloon had a FAA NOTAM in place, and something probably got missed from air traffic control procedures - it wasn’t the balloon’s fault, it was doing everything correctly! Seriously- Windborne (the balloon’s operator) puts hundreds...
Commercial use = Part 107.
The DJI Agras T30 looks like it would be perfect for doing a golf course. Another industry that is about to get screwed over by this idiot ban.
Update: well they said no but after I sent a detailed letter showing the project proposal on a official school letterhead with my teacher and department head signature, they approved it with the caveat that I do it on a low break weekday during...