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Judge Rules Against FAA in ‘Landmark’ UAV Challenge

Shown is a Ritewing Zephyr similar to the one Raphael Pirker used to film the University of Virginia campus. (Photo: Ritewing RC)

March 7, 2014

An administrative law judge with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) dismissed the $10,000 fine the FAA levied against Raphael Pirker for flying a small unmanned aircraft, casting doubt on the agency’s ability to regulate their commercial use. In a decision dated March 6, NTSB Judge Patrick Geraghty found that the FAA has no regulations that apply to model aircraft or that classify a model aircraft as an unmanned aircraft system.

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