Also: “Drone Billboard”, Eagle v Drone, Self-Driving Cars, Drone Locates Lost Man, Airborne-Unmanned-Help Wanted

Greatly anticipated, it appears that this fall, some 50 airports will begin providing Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), which will give UAS operators the ability to “apply for instant, digital approval to fly in U.S. controlled airspace using the same applications they use for flight planning and in-flight situational awareness.”

Currently, FAA authorization is required for flights in controlled airspace, at certain times of day, or near sensitive locations. Authorization requests are subject to long waiting periods and labor-intensive manual approvals, which can add more time to, or entirely halt, the process of commercial UAS operations. No surprise here, folks! When a student pilot and instructor approaching Parafield airport near Adelaide, South Australia felt something hit the wing of the SOCATA Tobago aircraft they were flying one night, they initially thought they'd hit a bird... But when the instructor examined the damaged right wing of the airplane after landing, and did not discover any overt biological evidence, he called the tower and reported that he might have hit a drone. That got the attention of a lot of people, and initiated an ATSB investigation -- and oh yeah, started another ignorant media frenzy. Unmanned Systems Canada has announced that Canada has released draft regulations for UAS operations for public comment. The ‘milestone’ announcement will reportedly “establish a regulatory environment for UAS operations within visual line-of-sight (VLOS),” which will build off procedures developed and refined over the last decade. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unmanned!!!

Airborne-Unmanned 07.25.17 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, July 25th, 2017... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:

• 50 Airports To Provide Automated Airspace Authorization For UAS
• Suspected Drone Strike In Australia Turns Out To Be A Bat 
• Draft Regulations For Uas Operations Released By Government Of Canada
• Drobotron Dubbed World’s First Digital “Drone Billboard”
• Eagle Attacks Drone In Alaska
• Self-Driving Cars To Be Tested On Interstates In Northern Virginia
• Harvey County Sheriff’s Office Uses Uas To Locate Missing Elderly Man
• Airborne-Unmanned -- Help Wanted

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