Today the FAA announced a new policy in which Section 333 exemption holders will receive blanket approval for day VFR (visual flight rules) LOS (line-of-sight) operations below 200 feet anywhere in the country (other than major cities and within a few miles of an airport). Previously applicants received approval only for specific locations.

About the Author

Michael Braasch is the Thomas Professor of Electrical Engineering at Ohio University (OU), a Principal Investigator with the Avionics Engineering Center (also at OU) and is the co-founder of GPSoft LLC (a software company specializing in navigation-related toolboxes for MATLAB). He has been conducting aircraft navigation research for 30 years and is an internationally recognized expert in GPS and inertial navigation.