Month: December 2015

FAA Fact Sheet on State and Local UAS Regulations: Prelude to Odysseus’ Revenge?

FAA Fact Sheet on State and Local UAS Regulations: Prelude to Odysseus’ Revenge? While the FAA has been working on its small drone regulations, States and local authorities have been passing legislation purporting to regulate the operations of drones. In Greek mythology King Odysseus of Ithaca spends twenty years abroad, the first

FAA Announces Mandatory Drone Registration – Including Hobbyists

Today the FAA announced “a web-based aircraft registration process for the registration of small unmanned aircraft, including small unmanned aircraft operated as model aircraft, to facilitate compliance with the statutory requirement that all aircraft register prior to operation.” The procedural status of this rule is an “interim rule” which means you can

UAS Insurance Applications – Representations and Misrepresentations

UAS Insurance Applications – Representations and Misrepresentations Guest Post By Terry Miller, President of Transport Risk Management, Inc. Aviation insurance companies routinely request certain information from applicants for all types of operational risk exposures. This information is needed to help in evaluating the risks to be covered by the insurer and to