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This Eagle Wants to Kill Your Drone

No joke: this bird of prey is trained to capture rogue drones. Dutch police, working with a raptor training company called “Guard From Above” demonstrated the eagle’s drone-disabling skills in this video, in which the trained eagle grabs a hovering drone and sets it down in the corner. What about those sharp prop blades? Guard From […]

By land, air and sea, look it’s the Loon Copter!

Here is the quadcopter that can do it all, it can move along the surface of the water like a boat, then if needed it can submerge and explore underwater like a submarine. The Oakland University’s loon copter, like its namesake, can fly, land on the water to see what is under the surface, and […]

Top Ten Drone attacks by animals

Here is a good video showing us why we should not fly near animals with our drones. Animals seem like they don’t like drones or they just want to eat them. Either way please don’t fly your drones like this and endanger any animal.

Picking out your next sport camera

If you’re just getting started in aerial photography, a sport action camera is your best bet: you won’t break the bank while you learn the ins and outs of filming with a drone. This guide includes our favorites, shown in order of price. The small powerhouses we highlight here can all capture amazing video footage […]

Air Age Media attended the Aviation Leader Series Luncheon in NYC

Yvonne DeFrancesco, Executive Vice President and Erica Driver, Marketing Assistant of Air Age Media attended the Aviation Leader Series Luncheon in NYC on January 21st hosted by the Wings Club. The Guest Speaker was Wes Bush, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Northrop Grumman Corporation. Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and […]

2016 NYC Drone Film Festival Nominations for Freestyle/FPV

These are the nominations for the 2016 NYC Drone Film Festival in the category of Freestyle/FPV Dive Dive Dive Steele Davis (USA) Hawaiiballs Chad Nowak (Australia) Office Space Jonathon Davis (USA) Abandonado Carlos Puertolas (USA)

New York City Drone Film Festival Preview

Just a little sample of what you are going to see at the New York City Drone Film Festival. Ticket are now on sale. NYCDFF 2016 COMING… from NYCDFF on Vimeo.

MegaDrone sets world record

Now this is a big lift drone! And it is official! Henning Pedersen and students of the University of Oslo, (all Norway), built a giant drone which has flown into the record books after achieving the Heaviest payload lifted by a remote-controlled multi-copter.

Police conduct drone-capture

Now bigger drones are catching smaller drones. Drones are so versatile they can even take care of any problems they themselves may create. This story comes to us from a press release. Tokyo police have conducted an anti-terrorism drill, including the seizure of a suspicious drone by using an interceptor drone, ahead of the Tokyo […]

Nominations Announced for the 2016 NYC Drone Film Festival; Cirque du Soleil, National Geographic Among Nominees

RotorDrone Magazine is a proud media sponsor of the 2016 NYC Drone Film Festival and is looking forward to attending the event. NYCDFF 2016 COMING… from NYCDFF on Vimeo. NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR 2nd ANNUAL NYC DRONE FILM FESTIVAL GE JOINS FESTIVAL AS PRESENTING SPONSOR BJARKE INGELS, DAVID POGUE AND MORE JOIN FESTIVAL JURY World-class […]