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NYC Drone FilmFest gets TV special on AXS TV Next Week!

The Cable TV network is teaming up with the NYC Drone Film Festival to showcase this year’s most interesting drone-shot short films with an hour-long TV special airing on AXS TV on Wednesday, June 29 at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific.) The special will feature NYDFF founder and director Randy Scott Slavin talking about this year’s […]

Gimbal Gets a JOB!

The folks at Con Edison are putting the Flyability Gimbal to work, inspecting the towering boilers that produce steam for some of New York City’s most iconic buildings, including the Empire State Building and Grand Central. “Inspecting our boilers requires workers to build up to 10-story scaffolding and go through confined-space training,” said Margarett Jolly, […]

DOT and FAA Finalize Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

For Immediate Release June 21, 2016 Contact: Les Dorr or Alison Duquette Phone: 202-267-3883 Regulations will create new opportunities for business and government to use drones WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has finalized the first operational rules (PDF) for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”), […]

Flyboard Air, the farthest flight by a hover-board.

This is too cool, not to share. There is even some drone footage in there. This is still in the prototype stage, and will not be available this year. The YouTube post as this to say about this board: Flyboard Air is NOT fake TJ100 turbine The Harrier (AV8) uses micro-nozzles to control it in […]

Drone Fair Calgary is Less than 1 Week Away!

SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH, SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 10:30AM-6:00PM

FPV Essentials, what you need to get started

I’m sure that most of us have wished that there was a way to shrink ourselves down so that we could just hop on our multirotor and go fly it around. Unfortunately, that technology isn’t quite here yet, but luckily there is something that’s almost as good: first-person-view (FPV) flight. Within the last couple of […]

Aerial exploration of Bodie

Aerial exploration of a gold rush ghost town The folks at Monarch, Inc., and their precision multirotors have surveyed everything from agricultural crops to crime scenes and everything between. When a call came in from the California State Parks system asking if they could fly over a historic gold-mining ghost town to analyze its structures, […]

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Asked and Answered: Obtaining an FAA exemption

I am thinking about obtaining my exemption from the FAA. What are my options, and what should I look out for? Answer: Ever since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted the first exemptions to six aerial cinematography production companies, many people began asking, “How do I get my exemption?” While the FAA has provided a […]

The International Drone Expo is Coming Back in December!

International Drone Expo (IDE) · Date: December 9 – 10, 2016 · Location: Los Angeles Convention Center · Website: http://www.internationaldroneexpo.com/attend.html · General Phone #: 301.493.5500 The 3rd annual International Drone Expo & Business Conference (IDE) is the premier professional business destination for the global commercial drone community. Organized by UAVSA (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Association), […]