United States Court of Appeals overturns FAA registration

[Energy Guy]

A D.C.-based appeals court struck down a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rule on Friday requiring recreational drone users to register their model aircraft with the federal government, in a major win for drone hobbyists.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with plaintiff John A. Taylor, a recreational drone pilot, who argued that the FAA doesn’t have the power to make him register his toy drones because Congress already said the FAA can’t regulate model aircraft.

“The FAA’s 2015 registration rule, which applies to model aircraft, directly violates that clear statutory prohibition,” the opinion said. “We therefore grant Taylor’s petition and vacate the registration rule to the extent it applies to model aircraft.”

 

[Drone fever]

This is great news so does this mean that we do not need to get our 1074 commercial flying

 

[N017RW]

Duplicate

 

[Mr. Salty]

Duplicate

Times about 10 at this point.

If something drone-related happened more than about 30 seconds ago there are already threads about it.

 

[rswong21]

Bigger question is, for those who did register, will they issue refunds?? By court order?

 

[markw10]

But isn't the registration on the pilot, not the quadcopter?

 

[dirkclod]

Duplicate

Ya don't say
Please continue here Drone registration ruled unlawful by U.S. Court of Appeals

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