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Re:Despite FAA Setbacks, Amazon Prime Air Makes Notable Hires by furyofantares on Friday August 22, 2014 @01:29AM (#8210991)
Where is that legal today? Don't personal drones have to be manually operated by someone on the ground within line of sight among other restrictions in the US?
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Re:Despite FAA Setbacks, Amazon Prime Air Makes Notable Hires by downandout on Friday August 22, 2014 @01:34AM (#8211008)
The phrase “visual line of sight” is sometimes distinguished from “line of sight,” which can refer to operation in which a radio signal can be transmitted directly from an operator to a UAS that may be beyond visual line of sight.
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Re:Despite FAA Setbacks, Amazon Prime Air Makes Notable Hires by furyofantares on Friday August 22, 2014 @02:14AM (#8211087)
And don't you need visual line of sight according to the FAA in order to operate model aircraft / drones?
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Re:Despite FAA Setbacks, Amazon Prime Air Makes Notable Hires by ahupp on Friday August 22, 2014 @03:13AM (#8211183)
I have never seen this distinction made before. cite?
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