New rule just issued:
“drones are now prohibited from operating 3,000 ft laterally / 1,000 ft AGL of DOD, DOE, and DHS facilities and mobile assets, including vessels and ground vehicle convoys and their associated escorts.”
FAA NOTAM 6/4375 Bans Drones Near Federal Convoys, But Nobody Can See Where The Restrictions Are
The problem is they will not tell you where their “mobile assets” are – which could be unmarked vehicles. Drone pilots have no way of knowing where these operations are underway.
Apparently drone pilots may need to call the FAA before every flight of their 249-gram tiny RC aircraft:
The FAA directs operators needing to fly in affected airspace to coordinate in advance with the appropriate DOD, DHS, DOJ, DOE, or USCG entity, or to contact the FAA System Operations Support Center (SOSC) at (202) 267-8276.
The US government has gone utterly insane and stupid.
