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Re:First FAA waiver issued to fly a large drone beyond line ... by djrogers on Friday November 09, 2018 @10:22AM (#18415029)
Pretty sure the FAA doesn’t have any authority to grant or deny clearance over the middle of the Atlantic.
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Re:First FAA waiver issued to fly a large drone beyond line ... by HammerJack on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:20PM (#18417597)
Pretty sure you need clearance from the tower to take off in the US, assuming a controlled airport; en-route controllers for the Atlantic also have a say in an international flight even if you're going to argue that they took off from an uncontrolled airspace.
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Re:First FAA waiver issued to fly a large drone beyond line ... by notyourwork on Friday November 09, 2018 @12:35PM (#18416198)
The point was that this isn’t indicative of this being a first time this happened. Ops comment had nothing to do with jurisdiction.
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Re:First FAA waiver issued to fly a large drone beyond line ... by tekno45 on Friday November 09, 2018 @01:28PM (#18416635)
But it was never implied that it's the first in the world.
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