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CVRC Club\/FAA Letter of Agreement Now In Effect<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Following over 2\u00bd years of negotiations with the FAA and Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control, the formal operating agreement between the FAA SoCalTRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) and our Club has taken effect 05\/13\/2021.\u00a0 It is one of the few such agreements established to date in the National Airspace System.\u00a0 More will follow, eventually covering all model airfields\/airparks located within 5 statute miles of an airport within FAA-controlled airspace.\u00a0 Beginning with the passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, and with heavy input from the commercial drone industry, the FAA began to place much more stringent controls on the National Airspace with regard to the operation of \u201cunmanned aircraft systems\u201d in controlled airspace and\/or within 5 miles of an airport.\u00a0 Because our airfield is located less than 5 miles from Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport and in Class E2 controlled airspace, the initial proposal of the FAA\/SoCal TRACON was to limit our flying to the confines of the airfield property and with a 100\u2019 AGL altitude limit<\/strong>!\u00a0 After many hours spent working with AMA leadership and the support of our California Senators Boxer and Feinstein and our local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (who even launched a congressional investigation into the FAA\u2019s handling of our airspace situation) these efforts ultimately culminated in an FAA Safety Risk Mitigation (SRM) meeting to consider our request for a 1000-2000\u2019 altitude limit extending in a 2000\u2019 radius from the runway.\u00a0 Our club is only the third club in the country to go through the SRM process.\u00a0 The 4-day SRM Zoom meeting (during COVID-19) included Club officers Dan Metz, Rich Wilabee and George Krueger, AMA president Rich Hanson, AMA Government Affairs Officer Tyler Dobbs and the FAA liaison from Congressman Ruiz\u2019s office among the 30+ attendees.\u00a0 At the conclusion of the SRM, we were granted 900\u2019 altitude x 2000\u2019 radius operating airspace from dawn to dusk every day and can extend the altitude to 2000\u2019 with one-day notice (not \u201cpermission\u201d) to FAA\/SoCal TRACON. \u00a0Club president Dan Metz said, \u201cThis is a major milestone for the Club, and a tribute to our 19 years of safe operations at our field.\u201d\u00a0 Including the recent re-sealing of our runway and the new shade clothes installed this winter, \u201cThis is a triad of success!\u201d Metz said.<\/p>

The intent of the Agreement is to prevent interference between full-scale and UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) via a set of simple and practical rules.\u00a0 Among these rules:<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0 CVRCC Members and AMA Guest Pilots must be familiar with all the rules of the Agreement.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 * UAS must give way to full-scale aircraft under all circumstances.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 * All UAS flights must be within a 2000′ radius of the center of our runway.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0 Our flight altitudes are limited to 900′ routinely, 2000′ with at least a 1-day prior e-mail notice to the FAA.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0 Flights can be conducted every day during daylight hours as long as VFR (Visual Flight Rules) conditions prevail.\u00a0 These are a 1000′ ceiling and 3 miles visibility, as reported on Jackie Cochran transcribed weather, phone (760) 399-1494.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0 Unaided Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) contact is required between the UAS and pilot at all times.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0 For flights to 900′, an aircraft spotter and monitoring of the Cochran air traffic radio frequency 123.0 mhz are recommended.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 * For flights 901′ to 2000′, and at all Special Events, using a visual spotter and monitoring 123.0 radio traffic are MANDATORY<\/strong>.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0 In no case shall telemetry-only (First Person View) be the primary means of UAS navigation and piloting.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0 A formal Notice to Airmen has been published (TRM 05\/0020) notifying all full-scale pilots of our location, operating radius and altitudes.<\/p>

This initial Letter of Agreement expires in one year.\u00a0 We anticipate routine renewal as long as no problems develop.\u00a0 As managers of the National Airspace System, the FAA retains the right to suspend UAS operations and to cancel the Agreement for any reason.<\/p>

We anticipate the continuation of our 19-year history of no-interference with manned-aircraft traffic.\u00a0 Our sincere thanks go to Dan Metz, George Krueger and the late Rich Wilabee for their hard work and perseverance in getting this agreement completed!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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NEW Propwash October 2022<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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CVRC Club\/FAA Letter of Agreement Now In Effect May 23, 2021 Following over 2\u00bd years of negotiations with the FAA and Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control, the formal operating agreement between the FAA SoCalTRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) and our Club has taken effect 05\/13\/2021.\u00a0 It is one of the few such agreements established […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nArticles and Media - cvrcclub.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?page_id=18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Articles and Media - cvrcclub.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CVRC Club\/FAA Letter of Agreement Now In Effect May 23, 2021 Following over 2\u00bd years of negotiations with the FAA and Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control, the formal operating agreement between the FAA SoCalTRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) and our Club has taken effect 05\/13\/2021.\u00a0 It is one of the few such agreements established […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?page_id=18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"cvrcclub.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-26T23:37:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PropwashOct2022Small.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/\",\"name\":\"cvrcclub.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?page_id=18#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PropwashOct2022Small.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PropwashOct2022Small.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?page_id=18#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?page_id=18\",\"name\":\"Articles and Media - cvrcclub.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?page_id=18#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-26T17:00:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-26T23:37:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?page_id=18#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?page_id=18\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/?page_id=18#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles and Media\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1835,"href":"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/1835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvrcclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}