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Drone, Drone on the Range!

Drone, Drone on the Range!

  The first FAA-approved drone test range located on sovereign Native American territory This summ er, 10,000 years of history and culture met the cutting edge of the next great technological revolution in the high desert of central Oregon. “What we’re creating here is a destination training center,” said Aurolyn Stwyer, the Test Range Manager […]
Drone Defender

Drone Defender

A conversation with Colin Guinn Colin Guinn is a major advocate of the drone industry and has held positions at DJI North America, 3D Robotics, and testified before Congress. He paused from his busy schedule at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, to chat with RotorDrone. His enthusiasm for the […]

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Drone News: Kitty Hawk Flyer

Drone News: Kitty Hawk Flyer

Want to fly your own drone, now you can with the Kitty Hawk Flyer.   This bird was unveiled in April and will be available by the end of the year. No price has been announced but if you become a member of their community ($100 one time fee) you will get access to behind-the-scenes action, […]
Drones & Music Videos

Drones & Music Videos

Here is a good example of a Hollywood director using a drone to film a music video. Brad Byrd’s new music video “Highest Mountain” was shot and directed by Dylan Kussman (Dead Poets Society, Jack Reacher, X-men) using a DJI Zenmuse X5 Video Drone. All aerial footage was shot over the Los Angeles Mountains.

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Drone Skydiving

Drone Skydiving

Watch as a 28-rotor drone lifts a man about 1,000 feet in the air before he lets go and skydives down to earth.  While this is obviously a stuntman doing this, it does show how drones could be used for rescue operations or quick placement of a person in an area they are needed. ABC […]
DJI’s New Mini Drone, Spark

DJI’s New Mini Drone, Spark

DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, Wednesday launched Spark, an easy-to-use, fun-to-fly mini camera drone that lifts off from the palm of your hand to capture and share the special moments in your life on the go. Thanks to DJI’s powerful technology, Spark is the first drone that users can […]

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Midwest Drone Fest

Midwest Drone Fest

  Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Trade Show, Career Fair and Entrepreneur Fair Learn how drones are improving the way we do business. The focus of this conference is to connect organizations, career-minded UAS (drone) pilots, and industry leaders who are forging the economic development of this emerging industry, with those who want to know more. […]
Drone News: Appeals court ends FAA drone registration rule

Drone News: Appeals court ends FAA drone registration rule

Today, a federal appeals court struck down a federal rule that required operators of RC aircraft to register the devices with the Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that federal law prohibits the FAA from issuing any rules or regulations covering “model aircraft.” The ruling is a win for model […]

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Raphael “Trappy” Pirker, midflight
in Venice. Testing and
incorporating new technology is
key to building better products,
but sometimes that involves
modifying what’s available—including
ski masks, apparently.

Drone Rebels

Raphael Pirker and Team BlackSheep Back in 2003, first-person view (FPV) was little more than a half-baked idea in the mind of a young Swiss- Austrian student studying at the University of Zurich. But it was a potent mixture of “why not” attitude, plenty of spare time, and living in a scenic area that led […]
Drone News | UAS | Drone Racing | Aerial Photos & Videos | Drone’s view of a blue whale feeding

Drone’s view of a blue whale feeding

Oregon State scientists now have a new tool to study the behavior of whales, in this case the feeding habits of the blue whale.  While the blue whale is one of the largest creatures on earth, they get all of their energy from consuming the smallest creatures on earth, krill.  Watch as a blue whale […]
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