EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The FAA’s proposed rules for integrating drones into the National Airspace System “is an overreaching answer and threatens traditional pathways into manned aviation,” according to the Experimental Aircraft Association. As part of its official comments submitted on March 2, 2020, to the FAA’s Notice of Proposed …
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Though the visions laid out by the developers of new electric vertical-lift aircraft have been fairly mundane so far—air taxis, cargo delivery—it was a matter of time before someone started sexing up those flying car fantasies. How soon before they appear in a Bond film? When will the military get …
Read More »Large military-grade drones could soon be flying over your b…
As the U.S. military and defense contractors eye a potential drone war with Iran as tensions with the country remain elevated, the defense industry is also preparing to test-fly domestic versions of its combat drones over major American cities in an effort to fully integrate military-grade drones into civil airspace …
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Read More »Drone operators flying high on new rules from Transport Cana…
The federal government’s new rules on the use of aerial drones came into force on June 1 and some local drone operators say the fresh regulations will really help their hobby take off. In January, federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced all drone operators in Canada would require an official …
Read More »Flying Car Startup Alaka’i Bets Hydrogen Outdoes Batteries
Hydrogen fuel cells have had a hard time making inroads as power sources for ground-based electric vehicles, but things are starting to look up for the zero emission propulsion tech. A new air taxi startup, Alaka’i Technologies, this week unveiled a liquid-hydrogen-powered, five-passenger electric aircraft that it claims will be …
Read More »Kitty Hawk, Flying Cars, and the Challenges of ‘Going 3D’
To get a peek at the future of transportation, you could start by visiting a warehouse building in an industrial stretch of Mountain View, California. Above the door, which has its window papered over, a safety sign catalogs various health and fire hazards that lurk within. A red and black …
Read More »Woman says she doesn’t know who was flying drones in her bac…
HOUSTON – Drones have become part of the fabric of our technology-driven society. More and more people are getting their licenses to fly the devices to capture oftentimes amazing pictures from amazing angles. But what about when they fly into your backyard at 1:30 in the morning? “I heard a …
Read More »Cracking the Devilish Aerodynamics of Newfangled Flying Cars
As he hovered 50 feet above the runway in Plattsburgh, New York, Kyle Clark suddenly had a distinct sinking feeling. A literal one. He had full control just moments before, but his electric, eight-rotor aircraft was dropping fast. Clark did, however, know this was coming. The founder and chief test …
Read More »Are you flying your drone legally? | Regional | Pique Newsma…
Squamish has plenty of beautiful landscapes, obviously. And many who live in town are tech-savvy shutterbugs. Combining these characteristics has meant many a local has shot outstanding drone photos or videos and then posted them online—or sent them to their community newspaper. Most of the flying restrictions are meant to …
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