- published: 07 Oct 2016
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) with regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civilian aviation safety. Based in Cologne, Germany, the EASA was created on 15 July 2003, and it reached full functionality in 2008, taking over functions of the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries have been granted participation in the agency.
The responsibilities of EASA include to conduct analysis and research of safety, authorising foreign operators, giving advice for the drafting of EU legislation, implementing and monitoring safety rules (including inspections in the member states), giving type-certification of aircraft and components as well as the approval of organisations involved in the design, manufacture and maintenance of aeronautical products.
As part of Single European Sky II the agency have been given additional tasks. These will be implemented before 2013. Amongst other things, EASA will now be able to certify Functional Airspace Blocks if more than three parties are involved.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), and also referred by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may be controlled with various kinds of autonomy : either by a given degree of remote control from an operator, located on the ground or in another vehicle, or fully autonomously, by onboard computers.
Historically, UAVs were simple remotely piloted aircrafts, but autonomous control is increasingly being employed : UAV stands nowadays at the crossroads of aviation, electromagnetics, radiocommunication, computer science, avionics, automation, cybernetics, and even core fields of artificial intelligence such as computer vision, decision-making, machine learning and robotics.
UAVs are often preferred for missions that are too "dull, dirty or dangerous" for manned aircrafts. They have and are mostly found in military and special operation applications. Though, UAVs are increasingly finding uses in civil applications, such as policing and surveillance, aerial filming and hobbyist FPV racing.
Hitler Reacts To EASA Legislations Sign the petition to help put a stop to EASA's uninformed legislations here https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168112
Apologies once again for the amount of facetime involved here with no crashing planes or anything to break it up. It's an important subject though, so I hope you stick with it. Important stuff: Simon Dales video is here https://vimeo.com/184752149 or here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WqJByGGRYo and now has a follow up video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMKwYWlSkMY Link to the EASA Prototype Commision Regulation on Unmanned Aircraft Operations is here https://www.easa.europa.eu/easa-and-you/civil-drones-rpas Email address to email EASA about this issue (before mid-October): UASPrototypeRule@easa.europa.eu How to find your local MP: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/ How to find your local MEP: http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your-meps.html Up...
Thank you to everyone who watched and shared the video from last week about the EASA Prototype Regulation for Unmanned Aircraft Operations. And especially big thanks to those who used their own YouTube channels to get the word out about this. Please see some of these other videos on the topic: Bruce @ RC Model Reviews: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RZhfQox6dDo Painless360: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_a4k9HTyBQA CurryKitten: https://youtube.com/watch?v=akdsVdOUuuk Joshua Bardwell: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GFxnXGRvZl4 UAV Futures: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ne69R2DNkVY And of course...a Hitler Meme! https://youtube.com/watch?v=fl-bhsTa5rs Dom's Open Letter to EASA (and various MPs, Local Councillors, Police Officers, etc): https://www.facebook.com/hiddenvalleyflyingpark/posts/1584610968...
Links: https://vimeo.com/184752149 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdsVdOUuuk https://www.change.org/p/https-www-easa-europa-eu-improve-europe-s-uas-prototype-rule?recruiter=605060645&utm;_campaign=signature_receipt&utm;_medium=email&utm;_source=share_petition http://droneinsider.org/new-easa-drone-regulations-threaten-kill-uk-european-drone-industry/ https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168112 Let's not let this impact responsible pilots..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMKwYWlSkMY You can also see out video from last week here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a4k9HTyBQA Please consider supporting the channel by visiting http://www.patreon.com/painless360 You can follow us on Twitter too - https://twitter.com/painless360 Thanks for watching, please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE. Happy flying!
Act now... don't delay. Flying RC planes, helicopters, gliders and multirotors is a hobby under dire threat of elimination from the "desk pilots" at EASA. Please be sure to make a submission to the EASA on this matter (send emails to: UASPrototypeRule@easa.europa.eu ) and watch these videos for more very important information. Simon Dale's excellent summary and call to action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WqJByGGRYo CurryKitten's take on the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdsVdOUuuk Painless360 has his say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a4k9HTyBQA Joshua Bardwell's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFxnXGRvZl4 UAV Futures says: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne69R2DNkVY A brilliant "Hitler meme" on the subject which should lighten the mood somewhat: https://ww...
Here is a louder version of this video: https://vimeo.com/184752149 EASA's Prototype Commission Regulation on Unmanned Aircraft Operations will destroy the European drone industry by limiting drones to 50m and 100m away from the operator in hardware! Home built model aircraft and drones to be limited to 250g! Stand up and be counted. Reply to EASA and write to your MP and MEP before the middle of October! Link to the EASA Prototype Commission Regulation on Unmanned Aircraft Operations: easa.europa.eu/easa-and-you/civil-drones-rpas Email address to email EASA about this issue (before mid-October): UASPrototypeRule@easa.europa.eu (DON'T copy and paste someone else's response. It won't count! Write your own!) How to find your local MP: parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/ How to find...
A quick walk-through on the EASA document that has the draft upcoming regulations/limitations of civilian drones. * They want to kill DIY drones heavier than 250 grams * they want to limit altitude to 50 meters * they want registration * if you want to fly up to 150 meters, you need to have training and a licence * then they also want hard Geofencing and Electronic Identification * and FPV is not allowed * and you have to stay 50 meters away from people EASA website: https://www.easa.europa.eu/ What you have to do is WRITE AN EMAIL to them and explain as polite and explicit as you can, what you don't like about their proposal. Write that email to: UASPrototypeRule@easa.europa.eu When you live in EU/UK sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168112 You can go to h...
Important links Joshua vid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFxnXGRvZl4 Painless 360 vid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a4k9HTyBQA Patition link IMPORTANT https://www.change.org/p/https-www-easa-europa-eu-improve-europe-s-uas-prototype-rule?recruiter=605060645&utm;_campaign=signature_receipt&utm;_medium=email&utm;_source=share_petition Drone Insider article on it http://droneinsider.org/new-easa-drone-regulations-threaten-kill-uk-european-drone-industry/ https://vimeo.com/184752149 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdsVdOUuuk Sorry about the non product or flying review. It was just something I believed in and wanted to help my Europe fpv brothers out in the best way I know how. If you enjoy my usual content head over to https://www.patreon.com/uavfuture The dream is to one day do ...
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