AMA voices opposition to sUAS bills in Rhode Island / New Hampshire

Written by Andy Argenio District I Vice President www.amadistrict-i.org Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont AMA News Column As seen in the April 2016 issue of Model Aviation. With roughly 400,000 drones sold for Christmas 2015, there are now more than 1 million being flown in the US. In 2015, FAA reported 764 hazardous incidents involving “near misses” between drones and airlines, and drone flights in sensitive and prohibited locations putting people and property in danger. AMA’s analysis of FAA’s incident reports showed…