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Zipline

Zipline Starts Austin Deliveries With FAA Comment Window Still Open

Zipline opened delivery in Round Rock on October 9 for 5,000 residents, two days before comments close on the FAA's draft review of its Austin plans.

Haye KestelooOct 9

Federal Aviation Administration headquarters at 800 Independence Avenue SW in Washington, D.C., with the Orville Wright Federal Building sign in front

FAA

FAA Part 107 Test Adds Chart Questions Oct. 26 Not in the Supplement

From October 26, the FAA Part 107 knowledge test draws chart questions from current sectionals, not the printed supplement. One in six already fails.

Haye KestelooOct 9

Pilot Institute

DJI Neo 3 Unboxing Leak, 71,207-Drone Record, FAA $12M, FBI School

Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week: the DJI Neo 3 has a video leak, Sky Elements sets a Guinness World Record, the FAA hands out $12 million to drone test sites, and the FBI doubles its counter-drone school capacity.

Greg ReverdiauOct 9

Amazon

Amazon Tells North Myrtle Beach: Ask the FAA. FAA: Ask Amazon and City

Amazon told North Myrtle Beach the FAA decides overflights and its drones stay under 68 decibels. The FAA says ask Amazon and the city. Its table says 82.

Haye KestelooOct 8

Amazon

Amazon Prime Air Is Hiring in Australia. The Job: Get CASA to Say Yes

Amazon is hiring a Head of Regulatory Approvals in Sydney or Canberra to win every CASA approval Prime Air needs. No site or date has been named.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Fourteen-story beige concrete hotel tower with vertical window strips and Holiday Inn signs, seen against a clear blue sky with a palm tree in front

Police

Laredo Police Vow to Take Down Drones at Hotel Fire. FAA Lists No TFR

Laredo's police chief says officers will mitigate drones over the DoubleTree fire. Federal law lets local police do that only with FBI certification.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Worcester City Hall's stone clock tower and arched facade against a clear blue sky

Amazon

Worcester Asks If It Can Stop Amazon Drones. Shrewsbury Says It Can't

Worcester wants a report on its power over Amazon's planned Westborough drones. Shrewsbury says towns are preempted. Hopkinton votes to fight.

Haye KestelooOct 7

Red Air Upstate fixed-wing VTOL delivery drone with RigiTech markings parked on a black and white landing mat, an orange traffic cone behind it

Drone Delivery

Upstate Medical's New Drone Port Is Already Cleared To Fly To Utica

Upstate University Hospital opened a drone port for Air Upstate, with clearance to fly to Wynn Hospital in Utica and Causey Aviation named as partner.

Haye KestelooOct 7

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