Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the airline industry and aviation safety. Although the FAA's safety guidelines call for flying drones below 400 feet ...

Do you have a drone on your wish list? There's some government red tape to be aware of. Beginning Monday, owners of recreational drones must register their devices with the Federal Aviation ...

Nonprofit organization TechFreedom filed a petition against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week over the FAA’s regulatory requirement of the registration and $5 fee for drone hobbyists ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Jessica Hamamoto is into aerial photography. She's one of the 760,000 recreational drone operators in the U.S. who were forced to register their drones with the Federal ...

Hey, FAA, where's my $5? I'm a law-abiding citizen. So when the FAA decided in 2015 that all drone pilots flying drones weighing less than 55 pounds (but more than 9 ounces) had to register them, I ...

Economist Milton Friedman was onto something when he said that “[o]ne of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.”[1] Because of its severe ...

Good news for drone hobbyists who were noble enough to register their aircrafts but could really use $5 right about now: The US Federal Aviation Administration is refunding registration fees and ...

Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) final rule, issued in July 2025 and effective October 22, 2025, ...

On December 14, 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released its interim final rule (IFR) governing the registration of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), or drones, which becomes ...

Alaska Airlines has secured a single operating certificate (SOC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), allowing it ...