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June 7, 2018
NAAA Reaches Out to Press on UAV Use this Growing Season

With over 1 million UAVs registered with the FAA and aerial applicators hard at work for the 2018 growing season, NAAA has reached out to local and national ag and aviation outlets reminding UAV users to be mindful of low-flying ag aircraft.

 

The press release reminded UAV users agricultural aviators fly as low as 10 feet off the ground, meaning they share airspace with UAVs that are limited to flying no more than 400 feet above ground level. For this reason, the NAAA asked UAV operators to do everything they can to avoid ag aircraft doing important, low-level work.

 

NAAA recommends that UAV operators:

  • Equip drones with tracking technology, such as ADS-B, so other aircraft similarly equipped know of their positions.
  • Get certified and well-trained in operating a UAV.
  • Contact local agricultural aviation operations before flying by consulting AgAviation.org/findapplicator.
  •  Equip UAVs with visible strobe lights.
  •  Give the right-of-way to a manned aircraft. It’s the law.
  •  Land your UAV immediately when a low-flying aircraft is nearby.
  •  Carry UAV liability insurance.

So far, the press release has been featured in AgAir Update, AgPro,Commercial Drone Professional, DroneBelow, PrecisionAg, Southeast AgNet, Unmanned Aerial Online, and Vertical Magazine.  NAAA also has television interviews scheduled with RFD-TV and radio.  RFD-TV is the nation’s first 24-hour television network focused on agribusiness.  It reaches more than 50 million homes on DISH Network, DIRECTV, Comcast, and many other rural cable systems. RFD-TV radio is also widely circulated throughout the U.S. and can be found on channel 147 of SiriusXM.

 


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