waivers

  1. jeffcutler

    Airspace Authorization - Ongoing

    Greetings pilots. First off, love this site, the community, and the wealth of knowledge collected here. I'm a new drone owner - Phantom 3 Standard; a professional writer and photographer; and, as it happens, a REALTOR. I do a few more things, but these are the relevant items based on my...
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    San Diego Presentation: Lights - Camera - Drone - Action!

    San Diego Presentation: Lights - Camera - Drone - Action! Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Branch Library 9005 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA Date: Wednesday, September 20th, 2017, 18:00 PDT Speaker(s): Dean Taylor, from Fox5 News San Diego Description: As UAV’s become increasingly popular, many businesses...
  3. ethanunzicker

    Blanket VLOS Waiver?

    I'm licensed under Part 107 but I only fly for a public county agency. We're a public park district that focuses on conservation and preservation of natural resources. We just started using drones this year for mapping and, of course, some marketing purposes. We have close to 20 properties...
  4. Kristina Fowler

    Applying for Altitude Waiver (107.51b) - waste of time?

    [Phantom 4 Pro] I have a new client who has a work environment of approx 800 acres - approx 3,200' x 3,700'. He wants to get a usable image that takes in the entire 800 acres in one shot. Its possible (at 400') to shoot multiple overlapping photos and stitch them in Photoshop for a 2D pano, but...
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    San Diego - How to Correctly Submit Airspace Waivers and Authorizations

    "How to Correctly Submit Requests for your sUAS Part 107 Airspace Authorizations and Waivers" Topic: Best practices for requesting permission to operate your sUAS in special airspace. On Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 18:00 Pacific Standard Time Location: Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Branch Public...
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    San Diego - How to Correctly Submit Airspace Waivers & Authorizations

    "How to Correctly Submit Requests for your sUAS Part 107 Airspace Authorizations and Waivers" Topic: Best practices for requesting permission to operate your sUAS in special airspace. On Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 18:00 Pacific Standard Time Location: Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Branch Public...
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    San Diego - sUAV Airspace Authorizations & Waivers Presentation

    San Diego FAA Safety Team for Unmanned Aircraft presents: Understanding sUAS (Drone) Airspace, Proper Notifications, Acquiring Authorizations & Obtaining UAS Airspace Waivers by Jeff Riolo, Part 107 sUAS Certificate, Lead FAASTeam Representative Wednesday, January 18, 2017, 6 pm - 7:15 pm...
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    San Diego - sUAV Airspace Authorizations & Waivers Presentation

    San Diego FAA Safety Team for Unmanned Aircraft presents: Understanding sUAS (Drone) Airspace, Proper Notifications, Acquiring Authorizations & Obtaining UAS Airspace Waivers by Jeff Riolo, Part 107 sUAS Certificate, Lead FAASTeam Representative Wednesday, January 18, 2017, 6 pm - 7:15 pm...
  9. kennedye

    Questions about night waivers

    So these are the items necessary to meet the performance based standards to obtain a 107.29 waiver for flying beyond civil twilight: Applicant must provide a method for the remote pilot to maintain visual line of sight during darkness. Applicant must provide a method for the remote pilot to...
  10. RemotePilot101

    Approved Airspace Authorization!

    So the FAA to date has only approved 81 airspace authorizations. I’m proud to say we’re one of those. Nearly 1,000 have been submitted yet the FAA is throwing out 90% of them! In this quick video I show the authorization and detail the steps we took to make it happen.
  11. Enrico Schaefer

    Learn to File your own Part 107 Waivers with the FAA

    If you are a commercial drone operator, or part 107 Pilot, you will need ATC airspace permissions in controlled airspace (Class B, C, D and E surface area) and your basic Part 107 Waivers (under 14 CFR Part 107, Subpart D). The FAA suggests you obtain ATC permission 90 days prior to the start...