New Rules For Small Aircraft In Canada Transport Canada which is similar to the NSTB in the US introduced two new exemptions that make it easier for businesses to fly small unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) safely and legally. A Special Flight Operations Certificate will...
quadcopter
Video Production Trends for 2015
Many of the video production trends for 2015 are technology-driven. And while the techniques themselves are nothing new, they are now available to everyone with an artistic eye. 1. Shorter, Shorter, Shorter A one minute video will be watched by 50% more people than a...
NTSB says Drone Flights Subject to FAA Regulations
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is responsible for investigating civil transportation accidents. This includes aviation accidents and incidents, some highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents and railroad accidents. They also make...
7 Video Companies Approved to Use Drones
Click photo to see video. The Federal Aviation Administration has permitted limited use of drones on movie and TV locations to seven aerial photo and video production companies. A certificate of airworthiness is not required because the FAA has determined that drones...
Fed Lawsuits Contest FAA Drone Regulation
A group consisting of commercial drone operators, hobbyists, and several research universities have joined in lawsuits against the FAA's rules about unmanned aerial vehicles. The lawsuits were filed on behalf of the Academy of Model Aeronautics which represents...
Police Vs FAA Over Drone Use
The Police Department of San Jose California believes it does not need FAA authorization in order to fly a drone such as the DJI Phantom Aerial UAV Drone Quadcopter for GoPro. The Federal Aviation Administration disagrees. The SJPD purchased a Century Neo 660...
Drone With Camera Finds Elderly Man Alive After Three Days
An 82 year old Wisconsin man had been missing for three days. Search dogs, helicopters and hundreds of volunteers searched for him without luck. The elderly man has dementia and was believed to have been without food, water, or shelter for three days. The fear was...
MIT Geeks Gone Mad with Drone Rim Light
Some MTI geeks have come up with something I never expected to see - a drone rim light. This light does not require a light stand; it flies! The light is held by a quadcopter and moves automatically to provide the percentage of edge or rim light the photographer...
Amazon Presses F.A.A. for Drone Delivery System
Getty Images Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, first publicly announced that they had plans to make deliver customer orders by drone. This was in an interview by CBS's 60 Minutes in December of 2013. There were a lot of jokes and few took it very seriously. The statement was...
DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ Quadcopter with FPV HD Video Camera
* FPV is First Person View This fun-to-fly helicopter can fly at 35 mph and as high as 900 feet. Includes an HD camera for 1080p video as well as photos, but what really makes the difference is the 3-axis gimbal stabilization of the camera and lens which makes it easy...
Recent Comments