The best part of this article as you read it is the legal drone operators explaining how they work with production partners and the challenges they face navigating the FAA Landscape. How others don't and why that is dangerous for everyone. Budget bartering in the case of aviation bids will result in fines from the FAA when the right protocols aren't in play. Please read on - This is the best article I have seen in the last 2 years on the subject of frustration for all of u

As a commercial operator, many times when flying I get the question asked, "how far can you see?" If being asked this by consumers constantly you have to wonder if there is more than just curiosity from these questions, and more fear of what a UAV can do. In Arizona it's a mute point, very few operators have a "closed set plan" and therefore cannot fly closer than 500 feet to a building, vehicle or person. Even illegal operators break the law, most homes in AZ have a sun sc

My clients and customers look at me and go whats all the fuss about, every kid comes up and asks "Hey mister how high can it go?" Well until you see crazy stunts like this you never really understand what can, will and could happen... The regulations governing flying drones, especially in the US, are not always perfectly clear. That being said, it’s generally not advised—and often times illegal—to fly drones anywhere near airports, or anywhere that planes tend to fly. Regard

Leading camera drone manufacturer DJI just teased the introduction of a new generation of drones that will be announced on March 1st. Cinema5D will report from the launch event held in New York. #dji #djiphantom #phantom4 #drone #newdjidrone #aerialphotography #commercialdroneoperator #extremeaerialproductions

Amazing technology can be used by law enforcement to stop drones in restricted airspace. The DroneDefender is a rifle like no other, that doesn't destroy the drone but incredibly disables it. US nonprofit Battelle Memorial Institute developed and tested the unique anti-drone beam-gun “Drone Defender”. The drone jamming system is a portable ray-gun designed to beam radio linkage between a UAV and the operator with consequent safe landing of the intercepted drone. During the de

It looks like DJI Has the airspace - let's see what it looks like a year from now? Can the DJI Phantom, Inspire and Speading Wings series keep up with the competition - as a DJI Fan boy I hope so, although my money is on watching the incredible company Freefly Systems come up in the rankings. See the Alta we just purchased for our fleet. #extremeaerialproductions #dji #sensefly #3dr #yunetec #neryn #trimble #drone #commercialdroneoperator #phantom #inspire1 #inspirepro #spre

The Federal Aviation Administration is launching a new public service announcement to let people know the airspace around Levi’s Stadium is a No Drone Zone during the Super Bowl. Temporary Flight Restrictions will prohibit certain aircraft operations, including unmanned aircraft operations, within a 32-mile radius of the stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on game day. The restrictions will be in effect from 2 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 7. The FAA produced a 20-second vide

There are so many illegalities with this concept - as a commercial operator our aircraft are federally registered and are FAA Aircraft. The fact that I was personally approached at Shot Show 2016 as a cool idea with them not knowing I was a "drone guy" - was insulting and quite frankly an inept way to get a "sale". So why can't you shoot down a plane? Federal law states in part: Whoever willfully…sets fire to, damages, destroys, disables, or wrecks any aircraft in the special

The onslaught of heavy duty refulations by the FAA which are understandably introduced while the FAA struggles to get caught up with the onslaught of consumer and commercial demand for an exploding market and product are having far reaching and damaging affects on commerce and are causing great confusion - here is an article that explains what's going on - to learn what you must do to be compliant when hiring a commercial drone operator or trying to become one jump to the pag

One of the missions of Extreme Aerial Productions is to not only operate at the highest standards of Safety and Deliver the best finished product that technology will allow, But, also keep eductated and help educate those in the industry as to current and future policy updates. Thanks for stopping by and reading FAA Fact Sheet for State and Local UAS laws. To stay current click image above and like our FaceBook page. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new fact she