News about the industry and the UAV Academy
12a. EU Regulations – over 2kg – Congested Area – PfCO
EU UAS Regulations - From July 2020Current drone Maximum Take-Off Mass (MTOM) of more than 2kg e.g. Inspire, Matrice etc. congested areas, you have a PfCO Your Options Renew you existing PfCO If you renew your existing CAA Standard Permission (PfCO) you will retain...
CAA Drone Registration – A Guide
The UK CAA has launched a web site for anyone owning or flying a drone or model aircraft must register and take test by the end of November 2019. The rules are rather confusing, so this is our guide to what you need to do.
CAA Clarifies 50m Rule
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. The...
CAA Increases Permissions Fees
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 £185
CAA replaces PFAW with PfCO
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Order 2016 brings significant changes Effective from 25th August, 2016 the UK CAA Permission for Aerial Work (PFAW) has been replaced by the Permission for Commercial Operations (PfCO).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...
CAA Clarifies 50m Rule
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. The statement...
UAV Academy interview on BBC R2 Jeremy Vine show
On Wednesday our Co-Founder Dominic Cross was interviewed by BBC Radio's Jeremy Vine. Bizarrely, given that this was radio and not TV, they insisted on the interview being done at our base at Cotswold Airport and that we should be flying a drone whilst the interview...
Great media coverage for The UAV Academy
The UK CAA's DroneAware campaign has created lots of media interest in the risks associated with people buying and flying drones with no understanding (or a complete disregard) of the regulations which apply to both recreational (hobby) and professional pilots. On...
Some thoughts on Commercial UAV Operators
Over the last year and a bit I have delivered the two day ground school for EuroUSC to over 700 aspiring commercial UAV pilots. The typical composition of the classes changed noticeably during that time. Initially we saw people with RC experience wanting to extend...