News is circulating about three petitions that were filed today against the FAA challenging its special rule interpretation of “model aircraft” under the FAA Modernization Re-Authorization and Reform Act of 2012. The petitions are available for viewing here, at Motherboard. I haven’t checked the rules on this, but I take it that merits briefs will be filed in the coming months.

Major kudos to Peter Sachs, founder of the blogs, Drone Pilots Association and Drone Law Journal. Peter is a true gentleman and a great advocate who has done yeoman’s work on this issue.