An Australian man has been fined for breaking aviation safety regulations while flying his drone, but while he wasn’t caught in the act, the man was busted after posting videos of the flights to YouTube. by Claire Reilly An Australian man has been fined for breaking aviation regulations whilst flying his drone, after authorities […]
Archives for January 2015
Attorney says FAA UAS law enforcement guidelines off target
Patrick C. Miller The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s guidelines for law enforcement to assist in identifying those flying unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in an unsafe manner or in violation of its regulations might create more problems than they solve. James Mackler, a criminal defense attorney with expertise in UAS law, said he believes law enforcement […]
Got a drone over the holidays? Be careful before flying it for a business purpose
Author: DARRELL CLAY CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Darrell Clay is a partner with Cleveland-basedWalter | Haverfield, where his practice focuses on aviation law, complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. He is an instrument-rated private pilot and airplane owner. The holidays were good to you. So good, in fact, that you found yourself the lucky recipient […]
CNN Gets FAA Clearance to Test Drones
Cable news net hopes to help define drone journalism rules Deborah D. McAdams WASHINGTON and ATLANTA—CNN said federal regulators have cleared it to test newsgathering with drones. According to the cable news network, it entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate unmanned aerial vehicles—colloquially known as “drones”—into […]
3D Robotics’ CEO weighs in on the future of drones
Twenty minutes with 3D Robotics’ Chris Anderson just wasn’t enough. After all, before he basically built one of the country’s biggest drone makers, he served as editor-in-chief of the storied Wired Magazine (an… unorthodox career leap to say the least). In our wide-ranging conversation, Anderson explored the route that led him from journalism to […]
The Enforcer
Have we plateaued at a new level of absurdity (maybe 10-3), with the police now acting as the enforcement arm for the FAA? Some suggest that this amounts to a huge an unfunded mandate and is apparently another misstep in a folly conga line. The authorization of deadly force in Attachment A. What has this […]
First responders learn how drones can save lives
SARAH HOFIUS HALL Flying overhead, a drone often can see what a firefighter cannot. On Saturday, volunteer firefighters and rescue personnel from 10 departments learned how the technology can help save lives. The free educational seminar was held at Marywood University by DARTdrones, which won the regional TecBridge Business Planning Competition last year. The flight […]
Alabama Drone Task Force sends proposals to Governor
Potential benefits due to agriculture, law enforcement and education were discussed. Continue reading: http://www.dothanfirst.com/story/d/story/drone-proposals-sent-to-governor/26012/Luuj0q9HzEm1Ow4Runw4MQ
How drone research is driving global technology
Drone research at LJMU is branching out into new areas including working with Google Maps and Google Earth engines and introducing a ‘Civic Drones programme’ for the business community. This has led to this establishment of the LJMU Drones Research Laboratory and interdisciplinary work between the School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, the General Engineering […]
BREAKING: First Ag Drone Company Garners FAA Approval
By: Matthew J. Grassi | January 7, 2015 Kansas farmer Robert Blair, the author of the popular TheUnmannedFarmer blog. (TheUnmannedFarmer.blogspot.com) has alerted us that Empire Unmanned, an outfit made up of Star, ID-based Advanced Aviation Solutions (ADAVSO), Empire Airlines (Hayden, ID) and Blair himself, has received an FAA Section 333 Exemption to fly commercial UAV […]