Amazon Gets Experimental Airworthiness Certificate

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The Federal Aviation Administration announced today that it has issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to Amazon for its drone delivery service.

Under the provisions of the certificate, all flight operations must be conducted at 400 feet or below during daylight hours in visual meteorological conditions. The UAS must always remain within visual line-of-sight of the pilot and observer. The pilot actually flying the aircraft must have at least a private pilot’s certificate and current medical certification.
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So they can test it. But not actually use it. The visual line of sight kills anything with range. I assume it's probably also restricted to not flying over people/populated areas like a lot or the airworthiness certs.
 
Same type of certification that any new design or technology that flies is required to go through. This is honestly a positive step for Amazon.
 
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