Authorization¶

• Get contacts
  • Civil Aviation Authority (Flugmálastjórn)
    • Fanney Proppé Eiríksdóttir
      e-mail:fanney@caa.is
      Tel:569-4100
  • Icelandic weather service (Veðurstofa Íslands)
    • Torfi Karl Antonsson
      e-mail: althorn@vedur.is
      Tel:522-6000
      GSM:892-4219

• What authorizations are required for the flight
  • Authorization from CAA ⁽¹⁾
    Send application to fly@caa.is with the following information:
    • Project description
    • Who's behind the project
    • Type of launch (craft)
    • Reason for launch
    • Launch location
    • Launch time
    • Estimated height of flight
    • Estimated flight duration

• Authorization from land owner of the launch site

• Regulations that my apply
  • Reglugerð um flokkun loftfara
  • Reglugerð um heimasmíði loftfara
  • REGULATION (EC) No 216/2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation ⁽²⁾

Notes¶

1. SVN - source:/Alpha_team/CAA_correspondence.txt
2. http://www.caa.is/Loftfor/EASAvottunloftfara/
3. Note especially Annex II-(i) (page 33 of document) wich states that unmanned aircraft with an operating mass of no more than 150 kg are excempt from articles 4(1), 4(2) and 4(3). Wich basically means that none of the regulation applies in our case.