Rich Hanson

I’m sure you’ve noticed the signi cant increase in the
amount of media attention given to the unmanned aircraft
issue in the past several weeks. Most of these articles have
sensational titles such as, “Drones, Coming to a Neighborhood
Near You,” or “Drones, the New Eye in the Sky—Are We
Ready?”

OTuesday, February 14,
President Obama signed into
law the FAA Modernization
and Reform Act of 2012. Contained
in this law is language that instructs
the FAA Administrator not to
enact rules affecting model aircraft
activity conducted within the safety
programming of a nationwide
communitybased
organization,
such as AMA.