According to Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, the plane will start
flying over populated areas in 2022.
The next FAA rule - making is slated for December, where regulators will open proceedings to decide how drones will be allowed to
fly over populated areas, a critical component of legal drone delivery.
A big problem with supersonic flight was that the sonic boom made it too loud to
fly over populated areas.
Not exact matches
There are recommendations for not
flying drones
over populated areas or moving vehicles, they're concerned about distracted driving, and there are requirements for
flying them indoors.
As of now, it's still illegal for companies to
fly drones
over populated areas unless they seek an exemption from the FAA.
Sonic booms have caused alarm and damage when they have been produced in isolated cases by supersonic military jets
flying over thinly
populated areas; to allow a new fleet of booming supersonic transports to pass
over cities at low altitudes during operations near metropolitan airports is clearly impossible.»
However, a sUAS may be operated from a moving land or water - borne vehicle if the sUAS is: 1)
flown over a sparsely
populated area; and 2) not transporting another person's property for compensation or hire.
Unless you have obtained specific permission, Transport Canada recommends that you avoid
flying a drone
over populated areas, moving vehicles, highways, bridges and busy streets.