- CAA launches new PdRA01 Operations Manual Template, plus updates to CAP 722H & CAP 2606
- ~ 2800 PDRA01 Holders + ~ 100 OSC holders in the Specific Category
- CAA: Adoption of EASA Special Condition Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft and Means of Compliance
- The Law Commission launches Consultation on Autonomous Flight
- CAA DISCO webpage
- CAA: BVLOS Within Atypical Air Environments – podcast & consultation
- New Digital PDRA01 Application Tool Live in March!
- Protected: CAA: DISCO Deliverables
- Westminster eForum on Drones 16 Jan’24: Key Takeaways
- Protected: MEMBERS ONLY: our response to CAA Review of UK UAS Regulations (due Jan10 2024)
- “PDRA01 Application on hold”: Top 3 reasons
- CAA: UAS Regulations Review Consultation due 10 Jan. DO RESPOND!
- Protected: CAA: Finance and Services Forum Meeting. MEMBERS ONLY. PASSWORD PROTECTED
- New Aviation Minister: Anthony Browne MP
- Protected: Introduction to SORA v2.5 (SORA to be adopted by CAA in 2024). MEMBERS ONLY – WATCH AGAIN
- CAA: Publication of revised CAP1616 airspace change process
- SN–2023/005 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Geo-Awareness
- Travelling through airports with your drone
- Reminder to all those holding an NQE “full recommendation” from PfCO days: GVC required to have an OA starting Jan 2024
- CAP722H Update: “substantially unchanged”, but clarification means stricter interpretation of overflight of uninvolved people
- CAP2555: Guidance on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods as Cargo for UAS/RPAS Operators in the Specific Category
- CAA Review by DfT. 62% of RPAS operators disagree.
- CAA Consultation: Shape the Future of Remote Pilot Competency
- CAA: Reminder for Remote Pilots operating under a PDRA
- WATCH! Retained EU Law in Aviation Discussion with Simon Phippard, Of Counsel at Bird&Bird.
- EU Retained Law in Aviation: by default all preserved.
- CAP 740 UK Airspace Management Policy: New issue
- CAA GA & RPAS Unit Update, ARPAS-UK annual conference, March 2023
- CAP2546: UK CAA Drone tracker survey 2023
- CAA – Preventing Technical Failures – Advice for Drone Operators
- Removal of email submissions for NOTAM proposals
- OA/OSC submissions: AMC&GM Dec’22 updated requirements. CAA Reminder.
- CHIRP Drone/UAS FEEDBACK Edition 7
- Drone Enable 2023 – ICAO’s UAS Industry Symposium
- CAA statement post RAE meeting: clarification and apologies for confusion
- Protected: CAA FAC Meeting February 2023: Members Only
- CAA: Information on plans to implement SORA in the UK
- CHIRP General Aviation Feedback January 2023
- EASA SORA Workshop: 9-10 Feb 2023
- CAA: JARUS SORA external consultation
- CAA: Consultation on future Specific Operating Risk Assessment (SORA)
- CAA: Airspace Change Process Consultation CAP1616
- Serious drone prosecution highlights need for drone users to understand and follow safety rules
- Amended CAP722 9th edition
- Ofcom: Results of Consultation on Spectrum & Licensing for UAS
- Joint Statement from the DfT & CAA on the Development of a National Standard for Electronic Conspicuity
- CHIRP FEEDBACK 6: December 2022
- CAA Updates to CAP722 and AMC & GM
- EU Drone Strategy 2.0: “Innovative Aerial Services”, not drones.
- Open category transition period extended to 1 Jan 2026. No Class marking in the UK (at all or at least for now).
- CAP2012: Open Category Recap Table
- The Effectiveness and Efficiency of the CAA
- A2 Certificate of Competence: update
- Open category transition period extended to 1 Jan 2026 and its implications
- CAA Flyer ID Renewals Reminder
- CAP2404: Outcome of the consultation on a draft Airspace Modernisation Strategy 2022–2040
- The Use of Accurate and Complete UAS Aeronautical Information
- ICAO: Drone Enable 2022: 14-16 Nov 2022
- CAA Mark Wharry keynote @DroneX: Takeaways
- Education not enforcement is the route to safer skies
- New Aviation Minister September 2022
- Temporary Airspace Restrictions following the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- New OFCOM Consultation
- UK determines certification standards for new electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft
- CAP2367: Consultation Response: Extending the provisions for Legacy and Transitional Category UAS
- Protected: CAA: FAC Committee Meetings 2022
- Protected: CAA: FAC Committee Meetings 2020-21
- Protected: CAA: NATMAC Committee Meetings 2020-21
- Regulatory Horizons Council
- Drones and Low Flying Military Aircraft
- Drones and UAS standards landscape — 2021
- Protected: CAA: NATMAC Committee Meetings 2019-20
- Protected: CAA: FAC Committee Meetings 2018-19
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