A good friend once told us that the only good ‘rumor’ was one that pays rent... we quite agree. That being said, the unmanned aviation rumor mill is working at a fever pitch lately and in an effort to clarify a few things, AMA shared the following info with us... “You may have heard about a recently proposed rule that would require small UAS operators to display their FAA registration number on the outside of their aircraft. This would be a change from the current rule, which allows for regist
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As the reputation of the drone community, hobby and professional, continues to evolve, drones involved in rescue and recovery efforts are making our rep shine ever brighter... and we could use all of that we can get. A recent example resulted in the the recovery of two hikers and an incapacitated dog who found themselves stranded in New Mexico along a wooded hiking trail -- and who now owe their well-being to the use of a firefighter's personal drone. A five member search team was deployed when one
“You must absolutely want to do this kind of work and to be challenged by it. This is about giving something back of all we get from the world.”
Source: Dr. Siegfried Axtmann, founder and chairman of FAI Aviation Group.
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