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December 10, 2021

FAA Accepts DRL as Drone Public Event Organizer

Drone Racing League Becomes Expert On Live-Audience UAV Flight Displays

The FAA has accredited the Drone Racing League as the first unmanned aircraft systems event organizer. The league has been building up a resumé over the 2021-22 World Championship Season, putting on a series of races that met their safety protocols, working with the FAA's Partnership for Safety Plan. Their efforts have paid off, allowing the DRL to hold drone activities in front of live audiences. While it has not been disclosed if this change will result in all upcoming races including live in-person viewership, the upcoming World Championship Race in Las Vegas, Nevada will include it.

From 2015: The Main Gear Takes More Abuse Than Most Other Parts Of An Airframe... Especially In The Boonies!

If you’re into the kinds of airplanes that can takeoff and land in a very short distance, you know that it’s about more than just the aerodynamics and power. It also has to have landing gear designed to take that sort of rough and tough flying. While at EAA AirVenture 2015, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, took a look at the landing gear being offered by Beringer Aero that is designed just for this purpose. Jim talked with Claire Beringer, the Sales Director for Beringer Aero. The landing gear system shown in this video is in the

First Point Of Impact (FPI) Was Identified By A 50-Foot-Long Section Of A Radio Tower

On November 19, 2021, about 1130 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182Q Skylane, N91AZ, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial observation flight. The pilot departed Odessa Airport-Schlemeyer Field (KODO) Odessa, Texas about 0930 central standard time for an aerial pipeline and oil well survey, with an intended destination of Gaines County Airport, (KGNC), Seminole, Texas.