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Snow-streaked peaks of the Teton Range rise behind a valley floor, seen past dark green conifers on a grassy slope of Blacktail Butte

Drone Laws · National Parks

Grand Teton Butte in Deleted DJ Drone Video Sits in Airport Airspace

Blacktail Butte, named as the site of a deleted Grand Teton DJ drone video, sits in airport airspace. Flying there needs FAA and park approval.

Haye KestelooOct 254 min read

DJI Mini 5 Pro sitting on a glass kitchen scale whose display reads 253 grams

Legal

New York's Hobby Drone Exemption Stops Just Short of DJI's Mini 5 Pro

New York made flying near schools and police stations a misdemeanor. Part 107 pilots are exempt; hobby drones over 0.55 pounds are not.

Haye KestelooOct 23

Aerial view of Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, with empty grandstands wrapped around a green field

Legal

Birmingham's $500 Drone Fine Spares Pilots Who Follow FAA Rules

Birmingham police can now write $500 drone tickets near ticketed events, starting with the Magic City Classic. HB 429 exempts FAA-legal flights.

Haye KestelooOct 21

Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone hovering low over an open green field at sunset

Drone Delivery

DroneXL Adds 20 Drone Delivery Town Guides as Local Votes Pile Up

Twenty new DroneXL resident guides for towns facing drone delivery: who flies, who decides, what towns can still do, and eight dates before Nov. 10.

Haye KestelooOct 11

Wing hybrid delivery drones flying in formation against an orange sunset sky, the lead aircraft carrying a package box under its fuselage

Drone Delivery

Belvedere Votes on Drone Delivery Monday. Here Is the Residents' Guide

Belvedere, CA votes Oct. 12 on Marin's first drone delivery ordinance. DroneXL's guide: what the city decides, what the FAA owns, what residents can do.

Haye KestelooOct 10

FPV pilot Parker Sheppard wearing goggles and holding a controller beside the Kinzua Bridge viaduct in Pennsylvania, with a 5-inch freestyle drone carrying a GoPro overhead

FPV

FPV Pilot Flies Kinzua Bridge, A Pennsylvania Park That Bans Drones

Parker Sheppard dove an FPV quad around Kinzua Bridge on a permit he says Pennsylvania granted. DCNR allows drones at six parks. Kinzua isn't one.

Haye KestelooOct 3

A DJI Mini 5 Pro in flight against a clear blue sky, seen from below with its camera gimbal facing forward

United States

Lodi NJ Drone Ban Is Preempted, Judge Rules, But Pilot Gets No Order

A federal judge held Lodi's 400-foot drone ban preempted by FAA authority, then denied the hobbyist a TRO because the borough says he isn't in violation.

Haye KestelooSep 29

Amazon

Amazon Faces 92% Opposition in Westborough Drone Survey, Calls Urged

An independent survey of 853 Westborough-area residents finds 92% oppose Amazon's Prime Air hub. Organizers now have a phone script for legislators.

Haye KestelooSep 28

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