Drone News: Concerning Congress Bill, AMA Clubs Can Fly Over 400, New DJI Enterprise Accessories, ParaZero Parachute for Matrice 4
First up, Senate Bill 1249 in Congress proposes to change how navigable airspace is defined, and would give the first 200 feet above the ground to states and private property owners.
This bill also gives mandatory standoff distances from structures, including 200' laterally and 50 feet over the top of structures. Sadly, this is not a new idea. 5 years, we spent a significant amount of time fighting something similar proposed by the Uniform Law Commission (or ULC) proposed the same before being shut down.
This is obviously a terrible idea and is proposed by a US Senator Mike Lee from Utah, who…
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