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November 02, 2017

AMA Drone Report 11.02.17: Radical Bridge Video, Japan UAS Arena, India Drone Regs

Also: NATS Drone 'Disruption', UAV Over Football Game, Trump UAV Integration, Aero-Political Chat

There’s a pretty intense drone video on YouTube, produced by Rotor Riot and shot in Canada... which is not all that sympathetic to all things unmanned. The pilot flies aggressively and at high-speed, in VERY close proximity along, over and below a bridge heavily populated by moving vehicles... who haven’t a clue to the potential hazard of the quad, should something go wrong. Yes... it looks cool and exciting and the pilot definitely has some skills... and it looks that way because everything went right and nothing went wrong. One glitch and that drone could have been in someone’s windshield. But... that was luck and not skill. Earlier this month DJI opened it

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