Why do you call the red zone "an absolute no-fly zone?" Airmap doesn't call it that, so why do you?
If the red zone is an absolute no fly zone, what is the blue zone?
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Re the DC region, my understanding is, the SFRA (30 mile radius), as it applies to UAVs, is a flight restricted area. The FRZ (15 mile radius) is an even more flight restricted area. UAVs may not operate in either of these areas without "specific authorization" per the AC document released in September. That is old news. But it is current. If it wasn't current, the FAA would have released another AC document updating the September document.
Who gave Airmap the authority to tell me these areas are completely shut down to drones? Airmap is simply trying to make sense out of the emerging and evolving dysfunction just like the rest of us.
You may be completely right. Maybe eventually the 30 mile radius will be completely shut down to drones with no exceptions. But right now, per the language released by the FAA, we may fly in the SFRA provided we have specific authorization.
But yeah, I agree with you, I'm not happy with what I've been seeing from the FAA the last few weeks.