Recent content by Ravenflight

Old thread, I know, but wanted to add that the "bucking bronco" behavior is still a problem in 2018.

Naturally the NPS does not have authority to control airspace. I don't think anyone has suggested anything so silly. But the FAA does have the authority to control airspace and the question as I understood it involved determining exactly what the FAA has done to control airspace over national...

There's also this: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2010-title49/pdf/USCODE-2010-title49-subtitleVII-partA-subparti-chap401-sec40128.pdf But it appears to apply only to commercial air tour operations. The AC you linked is probably what I was thinking of though. For drones, given the NPS...

My understanding was that the FAA restricts commercial flights over national parks, wildernesses and tribal lands below at least 2000' AGL but possibly as high as 5000'. Even at 2000' that's well above the max height for drone operations without a waiver. I am not a licensed pilot and an only...