Recent content by smddmd

To all, a while back I spoke w/ the FAA concerning ATC clearance. Some, military and civilian ATC are behind the curve, or were. They are being educated. All UAV controlled airpspace clearance must go thru the FAA websites' portal. Even if the FAR's mislead, it is cleared up in another doc the...

agreed,,,but would REALLY b nice if my drone could be georeferenced on my Ipad, what an idea, guess if UAV's go ADS/B we may just see that..I know now that my plane gets followed from take off to landing,,,N8632Y, I'm amazed, even if i don't file, they track you, DRONES beware!

Yogi, i'm a foreflight lover! although as a cfi the georeferencing gets in the way and i make them put their ipad away....

N42742, funny thing is that i can file an IFR flight plan, go get my plane ready and fly within half hour. A drone? I'm still waiting for simple airspace authorizations that i filed over 3 months ago, crazy.....i had to fly a plane in a busy airspace, near people, etc, and move for some heavy's...

Sorry, I'm late to this thread, but just found it. As a Pt 61 cfi/i/mei i know airspace fairly well. Then I'm flying this drone for business and just call the tower, ATC, submit a flight plan, call them and fly my drone. Till one day, a towered airport is confused on procedure and has me contact...

I got locked out of flying the other day, during a professional photoshoot job. My inspire 2 informed me it "Could not take off". I know the rules, I know the airspace, I am a part 61 certified flight instructor for single and multiengine aircraft, seaplanes, instruments, commercial...well u...

The best place to find airspace is an aviation map. Around a major city like philadelphia, there is a "Terminal" map, vs a zoomed out version called a sectional map. The FAA site usually has a digital copy. Other sites like AOPA or Foreflight has it too. I use foreflight as i can pull up TFR's...