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With the approval, Amazon pilots can now operate drones remotely without seeing it with their own eyes. An FAA spokesperson said the approval applies to College Station, Texas, where the company ...
Prime Air lives on. Good morning. Hope you didn’t stay up too late. Today’s edition is lean and mean, given *waves hand around in the air.*. The (tech) news below.
Amazon's receipt of an approval from the FAA allowing it to test commercial deliveries through its drone fleet seems to be well-timed as the company sees huge demand amid the coronavirus crisis.
Amazon has stated it plans to fly drones weighing up to 55 lbs. (25 kg) within a 10 mi (16 km) radius of its warehouses, at speeds of up to 50 mph (80.5 km/h) with packages weighing up to 5 lbs. (2.26 kg) in tow. [9] In June 2019, the FAA granted Amazon Prime Air a Special Airworthiness Certificate for training and research of its MK27 drone. [11]
FAA staff do attend "many critical tests involving safety issues — such as flammability of new materials and design of flight controls". [4] The ODA status is granted for an aircraft manufacturer to act as the proxy on certification oversight. [5] Previous to the ODA programme, "engineers in that role were approved by and reported directly to ...
To show problems with the FAA process in August 2015, an attorney was able to get FAA approval for a commercial drone that was actually a battery powered paper airplane toy. The Toy's controllable range is 120 feet (37 meters) and maximum flight time is 10 minutes. It is too underpowered to carry a camera. [65]
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In the United States, pilot certification is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). A pilot is certified under the authority of Parts 61 and 141 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, also known as the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). [2]