Category: drone regulations

Flying a drone in Sweden? Remove your camera first or you’re breaking the law

John Aldred

First reported by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, the country’s highest court ruled on Friday that it is now illegal to fly drones with attached cameras in public places as they qualify as surveillance cameras. It’s a huge blow to Sweden’s hobbyist drone community. Hobbyists in Sweden are understandably upset, and the initial reactions are about as would be […]

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EASA can’t distinguish between “model aircraft” and drones – Wants to make all current systems illegal to fly

John Aldred

This might sound like a click-baity title, but this is essentially what will happen if the current “Prototype regulations” go through. It’s difficult to know just where to begin when trying to describe how ludicrous some of these regulations are. They would essentially outlaw almost every drone currently on the market. The European Aviation Safety Authority also […]

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FAA releases commercial drone rules, they’re totally OK with your drone photography business

John Aldred

After long drawn out speculation and worry, the FAA have finally confirmed and released the regulations regarding commercial drone use. The short version is that they’re fine with it and being able to do it is relatively easy, as long as you’re over 16 years old. Posted to the FAA website, the new “107 to Title […]

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Small Drone Owners May Not Have To Register With The FAA After All

Udi Tirosh

It was only two months ago that the FAA mandated that all drone owners will have to register with the FAA.  But now a “Micro Drone” amendment is suggested to be added to the FAA’s funding bill that will exempt small drone owners from registering. (The bill goes by the boring name of Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Authorization (AIRR) […]

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Japan Introduces A Drone Hunting Drone – Nets Rough Drones In Mid Air

Udi Tirosh

December is just not a month to be a drone owner. After the US decision to register all drones above half a pound, and now Tokyo Police are initiating a task force that will be able to net drones mid-air. How? Using a bigger drone, of course. The task force was initiated after a drone carrying […]

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“Entering the national air space is a very serious matter” – All Drone Owners Will Need To Register

Udi Tirosh

Here it comes… US just created a task force to create a Drone Registry by November 20. Frankly, we are not surprised. The Obama administration would want all US drones to be registered. They said that this is a part of a bigger effort to “to curtail rogue drone flights that pose a danger to […]

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