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<blockquote data-quote="Pappy" data-source="post: 35057" data-attributes="member: 1567"><p>I would like for the FAA to finally tackle the 0-400 foot airspace. In general manned aircraft is allowed to fly down to 500'. This gives a 100' buffer between manned aircraft and UAV's. There are exceptions, see section 91.119 in <a href="https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/lgb/local_more/media/FAA_Guide_to_Low-Flying_Aircraft.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/lgb/local_more/media/FAA_Guide_to_Low-Flying_Aircraft.pdf</a> . These regs were probably written pre UAV days and need to be updated as well.</p><p></p><p>There needs to be a clear separation between manned and unmanned aircraft, the only exception is if both manned and unmanned aircraft are flying under ATC in designated areas. The FAA has never declared where private airspace ends and public airspace begins. Declaring this would help on the clashes between those on the ground concerned about privacy and drone pilots. By reducing or eliminating the number of low altitude flying exceptions for manned aircraft would reduce the probability of collisions between manned and unmanned aircraft.</p><p></p><p>In short the FAA needs to come up with clear regulations to maintain separation between manned and unmanned aircraft and to define where public airspace ends (near ground) and private airspace begins. As a UAV pilot I should have some reasonable expectation that the airspace I'm flying in is reserved for just other UAV pilots only.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pappy, post: 35057, member: 1567"] I would like for the FAA to finally tackle the 0-400 foot airspace. In general manned aircraft is allowed to fly down to 500'. This gives a 100' buffer between manned aircraft and UAV's. There are exceptions, see section 91.119 in [URL]https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/lgb/local_more/media/FAA_Guide_to_Low-Flying_Aircraft.pdf[/URL] . These regs were probably written pre UAV days and need to be updated as well. There needs to be a clear separation between manned and unmanned aircraft, the only exception is if both manned and unmanned aircraft are flying under ATC in designated areas. The FAA has never declared where private airspace ends and public airspace begins. Declaring this would help on the clashes between those on the ground concerned about privacy and drone pilots. By reducing or eliminating the number of low altitude flying exceptions for manned aircraft would reduce the probability of collisions between manned and unmanned aircraft. In short the FAA needs to come up with clear regulations to maintain separation between manned and unmanned aircraft and to define where public airspace ends (near ground) and private airspace begins. As a UAV pilot I should have some reasonable expectation that the airspace I'm flying in is reserved for just other UAV pilots only. [/QUOTE]
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