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General Category => AMA Government Relations => Topic started by: AMA Feed on March 01, 2017, 06:12:32 PM

Title: AMA: Utah to consider flights over 400 feet as a misdemeanor
Post by: AMA Feed on March 01, 2017, 06:12:32 PM
Utah to consider flights over 400 feet as a misdemeanor

Utah is pushing through legislation that is harmful to the operation of model aircraft and violates federal authority. While perhaps well intended, Utah bill S.B. 111 mandates that modelers must operate below 400 feet. While that altitude limit is appropriate for many modelers, this bill prohibits safe and federally-approved operations over 400 feet. AMA members […]
Source: Utah to consider flights over 400 feet as a misdemeanor (http://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amagov/2017/03/01/utah-to-consider-flights-over-400-feet-as-a-misdemeanor/)