Bill Authorizes Use of Unmanned Drones in U.S. Airspace

Check out this Aviation Week item on drones in the NAS airspace within
the $63B FAA Re-authorization bill:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews...in-us-airspace

"..within nine months of the bill’s passage, the FAA is required to
submit a plan on how to safely provide drones with expanded access to
the NAS"

Expanded access by UAVs to NAS is mandated by Congress by Sep 30,
2015.

There will be enormous pressure to equip all aircraft.. glider,
balloons, etc ... with ADS-B down to ground level. I'm not saying I
agree with this. Perhaps this will spur stronger interest in low cost
low power GPS tracking technology.


Walt Rogers, WX