Thu, Jul 09, 2009
Clarifies And Moves Amateur Rocketry Out Of The "Balloon"
Section
The FAA has updated 14
CFR Parts 1 and 101 "Requirements for Amateur Rocket Activities",
which corrects errors in the FAA regulations regarding amateur
rockets, effective June 6th. According to the document:
"A section concerning unmanned rocket activities was
inadvertently placed in the subpart for unmanned balloon
activities. This correction moves that section to the correct
subpart, so all the information relating to unmanned rocket
activities will appear in the same subpart. Additionally, we are
making minor editorial corrections.
On December 4, 2008 (73 FR 73768), the FAA published the final
rule "Requirements for Amateur Rocket Activities." A new §
101.29 was added in the final rule. However, the section was
inadvertently added to Subpart D—Unmanned Free Balloons. It
should have been added to Subpart C—Unmanned Rockets, since
the new section concerns amateur rocket activities, not balloon
activities. Moving § 101.29 to the correct subpart will make
it easier for readers to find all the information relating to
unmanned rockets in one place. In § 1.1, paragraph (2) of the
definition for Amateur Rockets, the word "statue" is changed to
"statute". In the first line of § 101.25(b)(5), the number "8"
(kilometers) is changed to "9.26" to correct the metric conversion
when the word "statute" is replaced with the word "nautical".
Lastly, in the second line of § 101.27(c), the word "statute"
is again replaced with the word "nautical"."
Got that?
Balloon?
Back in June, ANN reported that an ExpressJet pilot in Texas
reported a "rocket or missile" flying near his airplane shortly
after takeoff from Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. It was
noted at the time that an area near the airport was often used by
model rockety hobbiests, but it was not known if any were using the
field at the time of the incident.
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