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Thanks Allen for your advice, As long as I stay north of the KFC Center and that my flight radius doesn't encroach on SDF's controlled airspace, Airmap gives me the green light. No need to obtain an airspace authorization. I just wanted to make sure Airmap interprets the "0" cell properly. I...

Hello, I have to take a few shots of Louisville, KY KFC center. According to the FAA UAS Facility Grid Data, it's located in a "0" cell but right outside Louisville's international controlled airspace. When looking at Airmap, the "0" cell doesn't go pass the limit of the controlled airspace...

I have been wondering about this too. Surprisingly, I asked ATC at a local airport, a class B LAANC airport... and they had no clue how the process works.

Good. Thanks for sharing your experience with LAANC.

Good to hear, I'll definitely give a go to Skyward. How fast have you been obtaining authorization through LAANC?

Today, we shot a rehearsal and at the end of the day, the client flight ops decided to scrap the helo because it annoyed the ground crew and kept getting in the shots of ground photogs....

I am a very experienced Part 107 certified pilot. For this particular operation with fairly complex logistics, a ground crew of 20 and a limited window, I truly believe the use of a sUAS with a certified pilot is a safer and lesser footprint option than the helicopter. When applying for the...

Update... with no resolution in sight, we ended up hiring a helicopter with a camera rig which the airport had no issues with because it fits within their standard operations. In reality this presents a greater danger and complicates the overall operation not too mention the cost. But who cares...

One of my client is an aircraft manufacturer at a Class D airport. From time to time, I am in need to film their aircrafts on the ramp, taxiway or doing short hovers or flights. Until LAANC was put in place, I had been pretty successful in obtaining airspace authorizations through the FAA...