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Is a Waiver to Fly Drones in Controlled Airspace Still Necessary?

Pilot Institute

Ceiling is labeled in brackets within the airspace. Key Features: Surrounds smaller airports with an operational control tower. Requests required detailed information about the operations and sometimes took up to 90 days to be approved. Lengthy processing times affected mission planning and business operations.

AGL
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Triple Threat of Limitations

Plane and Pilot

All three sets of limitations will combine to affect the outcome of our flight. We may be the best pilot ever born, but we can’t force a tired Skyhawk to climb above its genuine absolute ceiling, undefined by any performance chart. But the reported ceiling was only 400 feet at the appointed hour. Adobe Stock/Robert L.