NORTHPORT, AL (WBRC) – By Terri Brewer Northport Fire Rescue has been using a drone as part of its training for several months, but now, the department is beginning to use the drone in real emergencies. A tanker fire Friday marked the first time Northport Fire Rescue used the tool in a real-life situation. Northport […]
USAA seeks OK on drone testing
By Lynn Brezosky October 2, 2014 8:56pm SAN ANTONIO — USAA on Thursday became the first insurance company to seek federal permission to test ways drones could expedite claim processing in disaster areas. The insurance and financial services company is seeking an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 that […]
Drone Video Records Throngs of Hong Kong Protesters
OCT 2, 2014 09:03 AM ET // BY TRACY STAEDTER For five days, tens of thousands of demonstrators have come out into the streets of Hong Kong as part of Occupy Central. The protesters are there to oppose China’s decision to limit the candidates for the city’s next election, which takes place in 2017. The […]
Mount Jungfrau Birds Eye View by Drone
Jungfrau is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. It rises 13,642 feet high. Nine climbers with the outfitting company Mammut reached the peak. Using a drone with a fisheye lens, they captured a photo of themselves, locked arm in arm, around the peak. For more stunning images by Mammut follow this link: http://www.mammut.ch/en/pictures.html
Drones appear on Jackson City Council’s radar
Dustin Barnes, The Clarion-Ledger 3:52 p.m. CDT September 9, 2014 Drones flying around Jackson – or at least the idea of them – have caught the attention of the City Council who is now pondering how to get ahead of the supposed inevitable occurrence. A proposed ordinance, brought up by Ward 3 Councilwoman Larita Cooper-Stokes, […]
There’s No Flying in Drone School
Pilot-Training Programs Stay Grounded Due to FAA Rules Welcome to drone school. Please don’t fly any drones. A quadcopter lifted off at the University of Missouri last year—before the school got a letter from the FAA saying it violated agency policy. MCT/Zuma Press Capitalizing on an anticipated boom in the unmanned-aircraft industry, several U.S. universities and […]
Drone manufacturer waiting on Byram-Clinton corridor
Posted: Aug 07, 2013 2:50 PM CST Updated: Aug 30, 2013 5:07 PM CST By Cheryl Lasseter HINDS COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now) – A Florida-based company that manufactures drones wants to expand to Hinds County, but only if the Byram-Clinton corridor is built. Vercell Vance talked to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors at […]
Scholars Say No to FAA’s Model Aircraft Regulati
By David Schneider Last week, a group of researchers, teachers, and administrators from 16 institutions of higher learning including Harvard, Duke, and Stanford, registered their objections to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s recent “Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft.” They did that by submitting, with the assistance of counsel, a 13-page letter in […]
Beautiful Drone Video Captures Rarely Visited Area of Arizona’s Vermilion Cliffs
Filmmaker Tristan Greszko takes us on an aerial journey through the isolated White Pocket of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument By Dana Coen smithsonian.com Located next door to the Grand Canyon, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is, arguably, one of our nation’s most underappreciated natural marvels. Unlike the tourist-friendly Grand Canyon, which receives an average of 4.6 million visitors […]
Small Drones Deserve Sensible Regulation
Sensible regulation of small drones would foster innovation and protect privacy By Paul Voss It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more. While […]