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  1. zhanover

    You can fly a drone from inside a stationary car, correct?

    Consider your stationary vehicle a giant chair for the purposes of FAA regulations. You get into trouble when your vehicle comes into motion.
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    FAA using LAANC to Target UAS Operators

    Hmm. Well, leave it up to the Feds to complicate something and sow fear, debatably unnecessarily. I'll be logging component hours and carrying logs with me all the time. Since my home base is operating in close proximity of the DC SFRA (and eventually inside it with authorization - I have...
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    Skywatch insurance? Or is there better?

    Hi all, I am breaching into the app space (there are so many....) and I will be using Go4 + Airmaps for manual flight control or Litchi for autonomous missions. Well then I come across skywatch which says it integrates into airmaps... so does that then integrate together into Go4...
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    FAA Part 107 testing suspended effective today (12/26/2018) due to Gov't Shutdown

    I can confirm this in DC. I called to schedule my 107 exam yesterday (called the main PSI switchboard first) and the fella informed me of the situation. I then called the DC community college flight school at DCA and they didn't even answer. Like you said, more time to run a few more...
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    Soon To Be 107 Certified in DC

    Hey y’all. Newly acquired DJI Mavic Pro ($869 Fly More kit on B&H during a one day holiday sale - quite a steal!) to be used as an image capturing platform for my media production company. I am based inside the DC FRZ. I am working on that 107 Certificate, in fact I called today to schedule my...