by uavacademy | 5 November 2019 | CAA, regulations
Drone and model aircraft registration What is it? The Air Navigation Order 2016 was amended in 2018 to set out the new policy requiring the Operators (owners) of drones (normally multirotors with a camera) and model aircraft to register and for anyone wanting to fly...
by uavacademy | 24 March 2018 | CAA
From the 1st April the CAA is increasing their fee for the initial issue and annual renewal of a Permission for Commercial Operations as follows; Initial Issue – Current Fee £173. New fee £247 Renewal – Current Fee £130. New fee...
by uavacademy | 25 August 2016 | CAA, industry, regulations
New Air Navigation Order 2016 brings significant changes Effective from 25th August, 2016 the UK CAA Permission for Aerial Work (PFAW) has been replaced by the Permission for Commercial Operations (PfCO). This reflects changes in the newly published Air Navigation...
by uavacademy | 25 April 2016 | CAA, regulations
The CAA has issued a statement through ARPAS-UK which sets out their interpretation of the rather ambiguous regulation of not flying within 50m of ‘people, vehicles, vessels or structures’ which are not under the control of the pilot-in-command of a UAV....