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Old 05-19-2017, 04:01 PM
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Default A federal court has struck down the FAA's drone registration requirement

Well the FAA's drone regs just got upended.
Specifically the drone registration requirements got thrown out entirely as I read it.
Court Strikes Down Drone Registration Rule | TvTechnology
"A federal court has struck down the Federal Aviation Administration’s drone registration rule. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today ruled in favor of John Taylor, a Washington, D.C. model aircraft enthusiast who challenged the FAA’s registration requirement in court.

“The 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act provides that the FAA ‘may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft,’ yet the FAA’s 2015 Registration Rule is a ‘rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft.’ Statutory interpretation does not get much simpler. The registration rule is unlawful as applied to model aircraft,” the ruling stated."
https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/intern...95-1675918.pdf

This is certainly not going to slow down the unwanted appearance of drones in your backyard.
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