The exemption will be around for a long time to come but the FAA will be looking at those operations much more closely in the future. Recommend reading, April 1998 Ultraflight magazine article by Jim Stephenson on page 53. Comments and suggestions have been received and have been incorporated into the proposed standards. In most cases, the length of time involved in working with the FAA on any project is such that to publish regular updates on a web site would be confusing and unacceptable. Another project that is just getting started is to receive approval from the FAA to allow agricultural operations with powered parachutes under certain conditions.
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